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Ivan Morton Niven

Ivan Morton Niven was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory and known for his work on Waring's problem. He worked for many years as a professor at the University of Oregon, and was president of the Mathematical Association of America.

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Canadian-American number theorist (1915–1999)

Born 25 October 1915
Died 9 May 1999

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  • Cover of: An introduction to the theory of numbers
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  • Cover of: Irrational numbers.
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    First published in 1956 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Numbers: rational and irrational.
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    Cover of edition numbersrationali00nive First published in 1961 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Diophantine approximations.
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  • Cover of: Mathematics of choice: or, How to count without counting
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    Cover of edition mathematicschoic00nive First published in 1965 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Mathematics: a house built on sand?

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Photo of Ivan Morton Niven

Canadian-American number theorist (1915–1999)

Born 25 October 1915
Died 9 May 1999

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Irrational numbers, Mathematics, Number theory, 31.12 combinatorics, 512/.7, Addresses, essays, lectures, Analyse combinatoire, Calculus, Calculus textbooks, Combinatieleer, Combinatorial analysis, Diophantine analysis, Irrationale Zahl, Kombinatorik, Mathematics textbooks, Maxima and minima, Nombres irrationnels, Partitions (Mathematics), Qa241 .n56 1991, Rational Numbers, Real Numbers, Teoria liczb, Textbooks, Transzendente Zahl

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  • Ivan Niven
  • Ivan M. Niven

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November 15, 2022 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
March 16, 2022 Edited by Stew Add full dates, image, bio.
March 16, 2022 Edited by Stew Added new photo
August 23, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import