Edward Vermilye Huntington
Edward Vermilye Huntington (born April 26, 1874 in Clinton , Oneida County , New York , † November 25, 1952 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American mathematician and physicist .
Huntington studied at Harvard University , where he received his BA in 1895 and an MA in 1897 . After teaching at a college for two years, he went to the University of Strasbourg , where he completed his doctorate in 1901 . He continued his professional life at Harvard, where he received a professorship in engineering in 1919 .
Huntington dealt primarily with pure mathematics. One of his main focuses was statistics . He was particularly interested in the basics of mathematics. Here he dealt mainly with the axioms of set theory and Boolean algebra . Here he made a contribution to infix notation and showed that Boolean algebra can be built on a two-digit link alone . His book The Continuum and Other Types of Serial Order , published in 1917, was considered a widely used textbook on set theory by Georg Cantor .
In 1919, Huntington became the first president of the Mathematical Association of America , which he helped found. He also became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913 and of the American Philosophical Society in 1933 . He married Suzie Edwards Van Volkenburgh in 1909. The marriage remained without children.
See also: Hill Huntington's Disease
literature
- M. Scanlan: Edward Vermilye Huntington. In: American National Biography 11 . Oxford Univ. Press, 1999, 534-536.
Web links
- MacTutor biography: Edward Vermilye Huntington
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| SURNAME | Huntington, Edward Vermilye |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huntington, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clinton , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1952 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , United States |