E. H. Moore
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This article is about the mathematician. For the U.S. congressman from Ohio, see Eliakim H. Moore.
Eliakim Hastings Moore (/ɪˈlaɪəkɪm/; January 26, 1862 – December 30, 1932), usually cited as E. H. Moore or E. Hastings Moore, was an American mathematician.
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Born | (1862-01-26)January 26, 1862 Marietta, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | December 30, 1932(1932-12-30) (aged 70) |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA, PhD) |
Known for | "General analysis", Moore–Smith convergence of nets in topology, Moore family and hull operator, Moore–Penrose inverse, Galois representation of finite fields, Axiomatic systems |
Awards | AMS Colloquium Lecturer, 1906 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Chicago 1892–31 Yale University 1887–89 Northwestern University 1886–87, 1889–92 |
Thesis | Extensions of Certain Theorems of Clifford and Cayley in the Geometry of n Dimensions (1885) |
Doctoral advisor | Hubert Anson Newton |
Doctoral students | George Birkhoff Leonard Dickson T. H. Hildebrandt D. N. Lehmer Robert Lee Moore Oswald Veblen Anna Wheeler |
Other notable students | Anne Bosworth |
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