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'''Ernest Preston Lane''' (28 November 1886, [[Russellville, Tennessee]] – October 1969) was an American mathematician, specializing in [[differential geometry]].
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'''Ernest Preston Lane''' (November 28, 1886, [[Russellville, Tennessee]] – October 1969) was an American mathematician, specializing in [[differential geometry]].


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
He received in 1909 his bachelor's degree in from the [[University of Tennessee]] and in 1913 his master's degree from the [[University of Virginia]].<ref name=GF>{{cite web|title=Ernest Preston Lane|website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/ernest-preston-lane/}}</ref> He taught mathematics at several academic institutions before receiving in 1918 from the [[University of Chicago]] his PhD under [[Ernest Julius Wilczynski]] with thesis '' Conjugate systems with indeterminate axis curves''.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=6061}}</ref> At the [[University of Wisconsin]] Lane was from 1919 to 1923 an assistant professor. At the University of Chicago he was from 1923 to 1927 an assistant professor, from 1927 to 1928 an associate professor, and from 1928 to 1952 a full professor, retiring in 1952 as professor emeritus. He was the chair of the University of Chicago's mathematics department from 1941 to 1946.
In 1909, he received his bachelor's degree in from the [[University of Tennessee]]. Later in life, he went on to receive his master's degree from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1913.<ref name="GF">{{cite web|title=Ernest Preston Lane|website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/ernest-preston-lane/}}</ref> He taught mathematics at several academic institutions before receiving in 1918 from the [[University of Chicago]] his PhD under [[Ernest Julius Wilczynski]] with thesis '' Conjugate systems with indeterminate axis curves''.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=6061}}</ref> Lane served as Instructor of Mathematics at [[Rice University]] from 1918 to 1919. At the [[University of Wisconsin]] Lane was from 1919 to 1923 an assistant professor. At the University of Chicago he was from 1923 to 1927 an assistant professor, from 1927 to 1928 an associate professor, and from 1928 to 1952 a full professor, retiring in 1952 as professor emeritus. He was the chair of the University of Chicago's mathematics department from 1941 to 1946.


Lane was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1926–1927.<ref name=GF/> His doctoral students include [[Alice T. Schafer]], and [[Sun Guangyuan]].
Lane was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]] for the academic year 1926–1927.<ref name=GF/> His doctoral students included [[Alice T. Schafer]], [[Sun Guangyuan]] and [[Abba Verbeck Newton]].<ref>Green, Judy and Jeanne LaDuke. "Supplementary Material for Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PHD'S" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-14.</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 25 November 2024

Ernest Preston Lane
Born(1886-11-28)November 28, 1886
DiedOctober 1969 (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of Chicago (PhD)
OccupationMathematician

Ernest Preston Lane (November 28, 1886, Russellville, Tennessee – October 1969) was an American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry.

Education and career

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In 1909, he received his bachelor's degree in from the University of Tennessee. Later in life, he went on to receive his master's degree from the University of Virginia in 1913.[1] He taught mathematics at several academic institutions before receiving in 1918 from the University of Chicago his PhD under Ernest Julius Wilczynski with thesis Conjugate systems with indeterminate axis curves.[2] Lane served as Instructor of Mathematics at Rice University from 1918 to 1919. At the University of Wisconsin Lane was from 1919 to 1923 an assistant professor. At the University of Chicago he was from 1923 to 1927 an assistant professor, from 1927 to 1928 an associate professor, and from 1928 to 1952 a full professor, retiring in 1952 as professor emeritus. He was the chair of the University of Chicago's mathematics department from 1941 to 1946.

Lane was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1926–1927.[1] His doctoral students included Alice T. Schafer, Sun Guangyuan and Abba Verbeck Newton.[3]

Selected publications

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  • Projective differential geometry of curves and surfaces. University of Chicago Press. 1932.[4]
  • Metric differential geometry of curves and surfaces. University of Chicago Press. 1930.[5]
  • A treatise on projective differential geometry. University of Chicago Press. 1942.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ernest Preston Lane". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  2. ^ Ernest Preston Lane at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Green, Judy and Jeanne LaDuke. "Supplementary Material for Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PHD'S" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  4. ^ Emch, Arnold (1933). "Review of Projective differential geometry of curves and surfaces by Ernest P. Lane". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 39: 181–182. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1933-05563-5.
  5. ^ Grove, Vernon G. (1940). "Review of Metric differential geometry of curves and surfaces by Ernest P. Lane". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47: 192–194. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1941-07408-2.
  6. ^ Bell, P. O. (1942). "Review of A treatise on projective differential geometry by Ernest P. Lane". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49: 840–845. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1943-08018-4.