Frank Nelson Cole | |
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| Born | September 20, 1861 Ashland, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | May 26, 1926 (aged 64) New York City, New York, United States |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Michigan Columbia University American Mathematical Society |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Klein |
| Doctoral students | Eric 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.