Olga Taussky-Todd
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Olga Taussky-Todd (August 30, 1906 – October 7, 1995) was an Austrian and later Czech-American mathematician.[1][2] She published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and matrices in algebra and analysis.
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Olga Taussky-Todd | |
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Born | (1906-08-30)August 30, 1906 |
Died | October 7, 1995(1995-10-07) (aged 89) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Doctorate, University of Vienna supervised by |
Known for | Torchbearer for matrix theory; supervised Caltech's first female Ph.D. in Math, Lorraine Foster; corrected David Hilbert's papers |
Spouse | John Todd |
Parent(s) | Julius David Taussky, Ida Pollach |
Awards | Fellow of Girton College, Bryn Mawr College, and the AAAS, a Noether Lecturer and a recipient of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
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Thesis | Über eine Verschärfung des Hauptidealsatzes (1930) |
Doctoral advisor | Philipp Furtwängler |
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