Ivan Niven ( born Ivan Morton Niven ; 1915-1999) - Canadian-American mathematician, an expert in number theory .
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| Date of Birth | October 25, 1915 |
| Place of Birth | Vancouver , Canada |
| Date of death | May 9, 1999 (83 years) |
| Place of death | Eugene , Oregon , United States |
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| Scientific field | mathematician |
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| Academic degree | PhD in mathematics [1] |
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Biography
Born October 25, 1915 in Vancouver.
He studied at the University of British Columbia (Canada), received his doctorate in 1938 at the University of Chicago (USA). From 1947 until his retirement in 1981, he worked at the University of Oregon . Here in 1981 he received the Oregon's Charles E. Johnson Award .
In 1983–1984, Niven was president of the Association of Mathematicians of America , receiving the 1989 Association Award - the MAA Distinguished Service Award .
He was the editor of the American Mathematical Monthly Magazine, designed for teachers and wide circles of mathematics lovers, as well as the chairman of the publishing committee of the research group on school mathematics of the American Mathematical Society . [2]
Died on May 9, 1999 in Eugene, Oregon.
In 2000, the asteroid 12513 Niven , discovered in 1998, was named after Ivan Niven.
He belongs to the expression: Math can not be studied, watching how it does the other! (Mathematics cannot be learned! [2] )
See also
- Numbers Harshad
Notes
- ↑ A Waring Problem , 1938
- ↑ NIVEN Ivan