About Meyer Jerison
Lived 1922 – 1995 (aged 72). Meyer Jerison was an American mathematician and university teacher.
Meyer Jerison (November 28, 1922 – March 13, 1995) was an American mathematician who worked in functional analysis and ring theory, known for coauthoring the textbook Rings of Continuous Functions along with Leonard Gillman.
Jerison immigrated in 1929 from Poland to New York City, and was naturalized in 1933. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 from the City College of New York and a master's degree in applied math in 1947 from Brown University. In 1945, he married the former Miriam Schwartz.
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Who was Meyer Jerison?
mathematician
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Meyer Jerison was born on 28 November 1922 in Białystok.
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Meyer Jerison died on 13 March 1995.
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Meyer Jerison was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Meyer Jerison was American.
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