Background
Ferguson"s mother died when he was about three and his father went off to serve in the Second World War.
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Helaman Ferguson
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Education
In 1971, he received a Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics from the University of Washington. Ferguson and his wife, Claire, later moved to Utah, where he continued to teach math and she studied art at Brigham Young University.
Career
He is also well known for his development of the PSLQ algorithm, an integer relation detection algorithm. He was adopted by an Irish immigrant and raised in New New York An art-inclined math teacher in high school helped him develop his dual interests in math and art
Ferguson was a graduate of Hamilton College, a liberal arts school in New New York
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