Background
Birkhoff, Garrett was born on January 10, 1911 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of George David and Margaret (Grafius) Birkhoff.
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The purpose of the third edition is threefold: to make the deeper ideas of lattice theory accessible to mathematicians generally, to portray its structure, and to indicate some of its most interesting applications. This 1996 reprint includes expanded and updated Additional References.
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Birkhoff, Garrett was born on January 10, 1911 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of George David and Margaret (Grafius) Birkhoff.
AB, Harvard University, 1932. Postgraduate, Cambridge University, England, 1933. Degree (honorary), University Nacional Mexico, 1951.
Degree (honorary), University Lille, 1960. Degree (honorary), Case Institute of Technology, 1964. Degree (honorary), Technology University, Munich, 1986.
Degree (honorary), Technology H. Darmstadt, 1991.
Instructor, Harvard University, 1936-1938;
assistant professor, Harvard University, 1938-1941;
associate professor, Harvard University, 1941-1946;
professor, Harvard University, 1946-1981. Consultant to government private industry. Walker-Ames lecturer U. Washington.
Taft lecturer U. Cincinnati, 1947.
(This classic, written by two young instructors who became...)
(A study of the art and science of solving elliptic proble...)
(A study of the art and science of solving elliptic proble...)
(The purpose of the third edition is threefold: to make th...)
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Chairman organizing committee International Congress Mathematicians, 1950. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section 1979), American Mathematics Society (vice president 1958), Mathematics Association American (vice president 1971-1972), American Academy Arts and Sciences (vice president 1966-1968), American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Conference Board Mathematics Science (chairman 1969-1970), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (president 1967-1968), Sociedad Mathematics Mexico (honorary), Academy Ciencias Lima.
Son of George David and Margaret (Grafius) B. M. Ruth Collins, June 21, 1938. Children: Ruth W., John D., Nancy C.