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List of Jewish American mathematicians

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This is a list of notable Jewish American mathematicians. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

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References

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  1. ^ "A. A. Albert", D. Zelinsky, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 80, No. 6 (Jun. - Jul., 1973), pp. 661-665: "He was the son of a Jewish family that came to America from England"
  2. ^ "Jewish Computer & Information Scientists".
  3. ^ "Lipman Bers - Biography".
  4. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Paul Joseph Cohen", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews Paul Cohen's parents, Abraham and Minnie Cohen, were Jewish immigrants to the United States from their native land of Poland.
  5. ^ Peter Lax, Mathematician: An Illustrated Memoir, by Reuben Hersh (American Mathematical Soc. 2014), page 102
  6. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Samuel Eilenberg", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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  8. ^ The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews, Martin Harry Greenberg, (Schocken, 1979), page 110
  9. ^ American Jewish Year Book 2017: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities, Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, (Springer, 2018), page 796
  10. ^ "Mathematicians under the Nazis" by Prof Sanford Segal of the University of Rochester (Princeton University Press, 2003, p460): "...Tornier had collaborated with Willi Feller (who was Jewish)..."
  11. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hillel Furstenberg", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  12. ^ a b Castelvecchi, Davide (18 March 2020). "Mathematics pioneers who found order in chaos win Abel prize". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00799-7.
  13. ^ "Holocaust survivors tell oral histories in 'Bitter Prerequisites'". Purdue News. March 2001.
  14. ^ Harris, Michael (2015). Mathematics without apologies : portrait of a problematic vocation. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5202-4. OCLC 900080550.
  15. ^ "Ranes Report".
  16. ^ Columbia University Archived 2012-12-21 at the Wayback Machine: "Edward Kasner (CCNY 1897; CU MA, 1897; PhD 1900) appointed Tutor on Mathematics Department; first Jew appointed to faculty position in sciences. The 4th of Low's 4 Jewish appointments." Accessed 5 May 2007.
  17. ^ "Lanczos biography". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  18. ^ Peter Lax, Britannica.com.
  19. ^ "05.11.2007 - Mathematician Emma Lehmer dies at 100".
  20. ^ "Jewish Recipients of the Frank Nelson Cole Prizes in Algebra and Number Theory". Jinfo.org. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  21. ^ "John von Neumann - Biography".
  22. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Elias Menachem Stein", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  23. ^ Witten biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics