Virginia Ragsdale | |
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 Virginia Ragsdale | |
| Born | December 13, 1870 |
| Died | June 4, 1945 (aged 74) |
| Alma mater | Guilford College Bryn Mawr College |
| Known for | Ragsdale conjecture |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Woman's College in Greensboro |
| Thesis | On the Arrangement of the Real Branches of Plane Algebraic Curves (1904) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charlotte Scott |
Virginia Ragsdale (December 13, 1870 – June 4, 1945) was a teacher and mathematician specializing in algebraic curves. She is most known as the creator of the Ragsdale conjecture.