Virginia Ragsdale
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Virginia Ragsdale (December 13, 1870 – June 4, 1945) was a teacher and mathematician specializing in algebraic curves. She is most known as the creator of the Ragsdale conjecture.
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Virginia Ragsdale | |
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Born | (1870-12-13)December 13, 1870 |
Died | June 4, 1945(1945-06-04) (aged 74) |
Alma mater | Guilford College Bryn Mawr College |
Known for | Ragsdale conjecture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Woman's College in Greensboro |
Thesis | On the Arrangement of the Real Branches of Plane Algebraic Curves (1904) |
Doctoral advisor | Charlotte Scott |
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