Dorothy Maharam Stone | |
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Born | Dorothy Maharam July 1, 1917 |
Died | September 27, 2014 | (aged 97)
Resting place | Kehillath Jacob Cemetery, West Roxbury |
Alma mater | Carnegie Institute of Technology Bryn Mawr College |
Known for | Maharam's theorem Maharam algebra |
Spouse | Arthur Stone |
Children | 2 |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Rochester |
Thesis | On Measure in Abstract Sets (1940) |
Doctoral advisor | Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler |
Dorothy Maharam Stone (July 1, 1917[1] – September 27, 2014[2]) was an American mathematician born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, who made important contributions to measure theory and became the namesake of Maharam's theorem and Maharam algebra.[3]