Jean A. Larson | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, Dartmouth College |
Doctoral advisor | James Earl Baumgartner |
Influences | John W. Addison Jr. |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics |
Sub-discipline | Set theory, infinitary combinatorics |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles, University of Florida |
Jean Ann Larson is an American mathematician. She is a set theorist, a historian of mathematical logic, and a professor at the University of Florida.[1] She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics from Dartmouth College, and is known for her research in infinitary combinatorics and the theory of linear spaces.