Isador M. Sheffer

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American mathematician

Places

United States of America

was

Mathematician

Work field

Mathematics

Gender

Male

Birth

15 October 1901 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Massachusetts, USA

Star sign

Libra People who share this birthday

Death

20 April 1992 People who died on this day

Age

90 years

Education

Harvard University

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Biography

Isador Mitchell Sheffer (October 15, 1901–April 20, 1992) was an American mathematician best known for the Sheffer sequence of polynomials. Born in Massachusetts, he lived a large portion of his life in State College, Pennsylvania, where he was a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University.

He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1927, under the direction of George Birkhoff.

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