About Mildred Sanderson
Lived 1889 – 1914 (aged 25). Mildred Sanderson was an American mathematician.
Mildred Leonora Sanderson (May 12, 1889 – October 10, 1914) was an American mathematician, best known for her mathematical theorem concerning modular invariants.
Life Sanderson was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1889 and was the valedictorian of her class at the Waltham High School. publishing the thesis in which she set forth her mathematical theorem. She was Leonard Eugene Dickson's first female doctoral student.
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Who was Mildred Sanderson?
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Mildred Sanderson was born on 12 May 1889 in Waltham.
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Mildred Sanderson died on 15 October 1914 in East Bridgewater.
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Mildred Sanderson was a mathematician.
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