Leroy F. Meyers

Leroy Frederick Meyers (June 30, 1927—November 8, 1995) was a mathematician.[1]

For the tap dancer and manager of the Copasetics, see LeRoy Myers.

Early life

Meyers was the son of Joseph Meyers and Lillian Meyers née Gershun. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, attending Queens College[1] (graduated 1948) and later Syracuse University (Master's Degree in Mathematics: 1950; Ph.D. in Mathematics: 1953). He wrote his dissertation on "Certain Transformations of Hermitian Functionals" under advisor Charles Loewner.[2]

Professional life

Meyers was a Professor of Mathematics at Ohio State University from the fall of 1954 through 1995.[1]

From 1975–1985, he was deeply involved in Mathematics Magazine, serving as its Associate Editor and during that time also 6 years as Problems Editor.[3]

He died November 8, 1995 in Columbus, Ohio.[1][3]

gollark: Idea: automated modern English to moderately old English translator.
gollark: ddg! Mao (gaming)
gollark: Various things work in the "you are doing things wrong but I will not explain why" way and it's *very irritating*.
gollark: much_social_interaction_irl
gollark: (this is because humans cannot reasoning under uncertainty)

References
  1. Resolution in Memoriam, Ohio State University, archived from the original on August 6, 2012
  2. Leroy F. Meyers at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. Footnote to the posthumously-published Meyers, Leroy F. (February 1996), "Update on William Wernick's 'Triangle Constructions with Three Located Points'", Mathematics Magazine, 69 (1): 46–49.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.