Frank Nelson Cole

Frank Nelson Cole
Born(1861-09-20)September 20, 1861
Ashland, Massachusetts, United States
DiedMay 26, 1926(1926-05-26) (aged 64)
New York City, New York, United States
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Michigan
Columbia University
American Mathematical Society
Doctoral advisorFelix Klein
Doctoral studentsEric Temple Bell
George Abram Miller
Louis Weisner

Frank Nelson Cole (September 20, 1861 – May 26, 1926) was an American mathematician. He is most famous for discovering the factors of the Mersenne number 267 − 1.