About Herman L. Smith
Lived 1892 – 1950 (aged 57–58). Herman L. Smith was an American mathematician and topologist.
Herman Lyle Smith (July 7, 1892 – 1950) was an American mathematician, the co-discoverer, with E. H. Moore, of nets, and also a discoverer of the related notion of filters independently of Henri Cartan.
Born in Pittwood, Illinois, Smith received his B.S. degree from the University of Oregon in 1914 and his M.S. from the University of Chicago the following year. His Ph.D. was granted in 1926 by the University of Chicago for work done under Moore. He was later employed as a professor of mathematics by Louisiana State University.
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American mathematician and topologist
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