Arthur Byron Coble
American mathematician (1878–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Byron Coble (November 3, 1878 – December 8, 1966) was an American mathematician. He did research on finite geometries and the group theory related to them, Cremona transformations associated with the Galois theory of equations, and the relations between hyperelliptic theta functions, irrational binary invariants, the Weddle surface and the Kummer surface. He was President of the American Mathematical Society from 1933 to 1934.
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Arthur Byron Coble | |
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Born | (1878-11-03)November 3, 1878 |
Died | December 8, 1966(1966-12-08) (aged 88) |
Nationality (legal) | American |
Alma mater | Gettysburg College Johns Hopkins University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Doctoral advisor | Frank Morley |
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