| LC control no. | n 83826163 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-1968 |
| Variant(s) | Langer, Rudolph E. (Rudolph Ernest), 1894-1968 Langer, R. E. (Rudolph Ernest), 1894-1968 |
| Birth date | 1894-03-08 |
| Death date | 1968-03-11 |
| Field of activity | Mathematics |
| Affiliation | Dartmouth College University of Wisconsin--Madison Mathematics Research Center (United States. Army) Mathematical Association of America |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians |
| Found in | LCCN A59-9018: His On numerical approximation, 1959 (hdg.: Langer, Rudolph Ernest, 1894-1968) Partial differential equations and continuum mechanics, 1961: title page (Rudolph E. Langer) page viii (R.E. Langer) OCLC, February 6, 2019 (usages: Rudolph Ernest Langer, Rudolph E. Langer) Wikipedia, February 6, 2019 (Rudolf Ernest Langer (8 March 1894 - 11 March 1968) was an American mathematician, known for the Langer correction and as a president of the Mathematical Association of America. Langer, the elder brother of William L. Langer, earned his PhD in 1922 from Harvard University under G. D. Birkhoff. He taught mathematics at Dartmouth College from 1922 to 1925. From 1927 to 1964 he was a mathematics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and, from 1942 to 1952, the chair of the mathematics department. From 1956 to 1963 he was the director of the Army Mathematics Research Center) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Ernest_Langer> |
| Associated language | eng |
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