Aubrey J. Kempner
Aubrey J. Kempner (born September 22, 1880 in Greater London , ( England ), † November 18, 1973 in Boulder (Colorado) ) was an English mathematician who worked in the United States .
Aubrey Kempner received her doctorate in 1911 with the dissertation on Waring's problem and some generalizations under Edmund Landau at the University of Göttingen . He then went to the USA, first to the University of Illinois and from 1925 to the University of Colorado at Boulder , where he stayed until 1949 and was head of the mathematics faculty from 1944 to 1949. From 1950 he also taught at the Colorado School of Medicine and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder.
Kempner's main areas of work were number theory and algebra with a focus on polynomial equations . The Kempner Colloquium was established in his honor at the mathematics faculty of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Kempner series , the convergence of which he proved, are associated with his name. From 1937 to 1938 he was president of the Mathematical Association of America .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aubrey J. Kempner in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ Aubrey J. Kempner in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 1, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Kempner at the MAA
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| SURNAME | Kempner, Aubrey J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greater London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1973 |
| Place of death | Boulder (Colorado) United States |