About Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.
Lived 1921 – 1980 (aged 59). Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was an American mathematician, known for Fibonacci numbers and Number theory.
Verner Emil Hoggatt Jr. (June 26, 1921 – August 11, 1980) was an American mathematician, known mostly for his work in Fibonacci numbers and number theory.
Hoggatt received a Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1955 for his dissertation on the inverse Weierstrass ℘ function. Besides his contributions in Fibonacci numbers and number theory it is as the co-founder of the Fibonacci Association and publisher of the associated journal Fibonacci Quarterly for which he is best remembered.
Howard Eves commented, "During his long and outstanding tenure at San Jose State University, Vern directed an enormous number of master's theses, and put out an amazing number of attractive papers... He became the authority on Fibonacci and related numbers."
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American mathematician (1921-1980)
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Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was born on 26 June 1921.
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Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. died on 11 August 1980.
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Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was a mathematician.
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Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was known for Fibonacci numbers and Number theory.
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Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. was American.
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