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Saly Ruth Ramler

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Saly Ruth Ramler
BornNovember 10, 1894
Died1993
Alma materCharles University in Prague
Known forFirst woman to receive a math PhD from Charles University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorGerhard Kowalewski
Georg Alexander Pick

Saly Ruth Ramler (1894–1993), also known as Saly Ruth Struik, was the first woman to receive a mathematics PhD from the German University in Prague, now known as Charles University.[1]

Life and work

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Her 1919 dissertation, on the axioms of affine geometry, was supervised by Gerhard Kowalewski and Georg Alexander Pick.[2] She married the Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics Dirk Jan Struik in 1923. Between 1924 and 1926, the pair traveled Europe and met many prominent mathematicians, using Dirk Struik's Rockefeller fellowship. In 1926, they emigrated to the United States, and Dirk Struik accepted a position at MIT.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bečvářová, Martina (2018). "Saly Ruth Struik, 1894–1993". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 40 (4): 79–85. doi:10.1007/s00283-018-9835-1. S2CID 126187647.
  2. ^ "Saly Ruth (Ramler) Struik". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Remembering Dirk Jan Struik, 1894-2000". Mathematical Association of America. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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