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William Caspar Graustein
Left to right, upper: Graustein, Smith, lower: Rellich, Mary Graustein, at the ICM, Zürich 1932.
Born(1888-11-15)15 November 1888
Died22 January 1941(1941-01-22) (aged 52)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
SpouseMary Florence (nee Curtis)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorEduard Study

William Caspar Graustein (15 November 1888 – 22 January 1941) was an American mathematician. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1910[1] and later became an instructor at Harvard University. In 1921, he married Mary Florence Curtis (1884—1972), one of the first American women who got a mathematics Ph.D., viz. 1917 from Radcliffe College.[2]

Bibliography

Some of his books and papers are:[3]

  • The scientific work of Joseph Lipka
  • Applicability with preservation of both curvatures
  • Extensions of the four-vertex theorem
  • Introduction to higher geometry
  • Differential Geometry" MacMillan Company 1935. Republished Dover 1966 2006.

References

  1. ^ Coolidge, J. L. (2017-01-27). "William Caspar Graustein—In memoriam". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 47 (5): 343–349. ISSN 0002-9904.
  2. ^ Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. Vol. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Mary Florence (Curtis) Graustein biography on p.213-215 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
  3. ^ "Results for 'au:Graustein, William C.' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2017-01-27.

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