Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-1968
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Name (Latin)
Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-1968
Other forms of name
Langer, R. E. (Rudolph Ernest), 1894-1968
Langer, Rudolph E. (Rudolph Ernest), 1894-1968
Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-
Date of birth
1894-03-08
Date of death
1968-03-11
Field of activity
Mathematics
Occupation
Mathematicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- OCLC, February 6, 2019(usages: Rudolph Ernest Langer, Rudolph E. Langer)
- Partial differential equations and continuum mechanics, 1961:title page (Rudolph E. Langer) page viii (R.E. Langer)
- Rudolf Ernest Langer (8 March 1894 - 11 March 1968) was an American mathematician, known for the Langer correction and as a president of the Mathematical Association of America. Langer, the elder brother of William L. Langer, earned his PhD in 1922 from Harvard University under G. D. Birkhoff. He taught mathematics at Dartmouth College from 1922 to 1925. From 1927 to 1964 he was a mathematics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and, from 1942 to 1952, the chair of the mathematics department. From 1956 to 1963 he was the director of the Army Mathematics Research Center ( (Wikipedia, February 6, 2019) )
- LCCN A59-9018: His On numerical approximation, 1959(hdg.: Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-1968)