Olga Taussky-Todd

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algebraist human mathematician matrix theorist number theorist

Olga Taussky-Todd was an Austrian-born mathematician renowned for her work in algebra, matrix theory, and number theory, and for her influential role in mid-20th-century mathematical research and education.

Aliases (1)

Olga Taussky ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	algebraist → human → mathematician → matrix theorist → number theorist →
academicAdvisor	Philipp Furtwängler →
awardReceived	Ford Award of the Mathematical Association of America →
birthName	Olga Taussky →
countryOfCitizenship	Austria → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-08-30 →
dateOfDeath	1995-10-07 →
doctoralThesisTopic	algebraic number theory →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Girton College, Cambridge → National Bureau of Standards → University of London →
era	20th-century mathematics →
ethnicGroup	Jewish →
fieldOfWork	algebra → algebraic number theory → class field theory → linear algebra → matrix theory → number theory →
gender	female →
knownFor	influence on mid-20th-century mathematical research and education → work on algebraic number theory → work on class field theory → work on matrix theory →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	American Mathematical Society → Mathematical Association of America →
movedTo	United States of America →
name	Olga Taussky-Todd →
notableStudent	Helene Shapiro →
notableWork	applications of matrix theory to numerical analysis → expository papers in algebra and number theory → research on companion matrices → research on stability of matrices →
placeOfBirth	Olomouc →
placeOfDeath	Pasadena, California →
positionHeld	professor of mathematics at California Institute of Technology →
spouse	John Todd →
workLocation	London → Pasadena, California → Washington, D.C. →

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Olga Taussky-Todd ("Olga Taussky") →	birthName
Olga Taussky-Todd →	name
Karl Menger →	notableStudent
Emmy Noether →	student