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'''George Bruce Halsted''' (November 25, 1853 – March 16, 1922) was |
'''George Bruce Halsted''' (November 25, 1853 – March 16, 1922) was an American [[mathematician]] who explored foundations of [[geometry]] and introduced [[Non-Euclidean geometry]] into the [[United States]] through his own work and his many important translations. Especially noteworthy were his translations and commentaries relating to non-Euclidean geometry, including works by [[Bolyai]], [[Lobachevski]], [[Saccheri]], and [[Henri Poincaré|Poincaré]]. He wrote an elementary geometry text, ''Rational Geometry'', based on [[Hilbert's axiom]]s, which was translated into [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], and [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. |
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==Life== |
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Halsted was a tutor and instructor at [[Princeton University]]. He held a mathematical fellowship while a student at Princeton. Halsted was a fourth generation Princeton graduate, earning his Bachelor's degree in 1875 and his Master's in 1878. He went on to [[Johns Hopkins University]] where he was [[J. J. Sylvester]]'s first student, receiving his Ph.D. in 1879. After graduation, Halsted served as an instructor in mathematics at Princeton until beginning his post at the University of Texas at Austin in 1884. |
Halsted was a tutor and instructor at [[Princeton University]]. He held a mathematical fellowship while a student at Princeton. Halsted was a fourth generation Princeton graduate, earning his Bachelor's degree in 1875 and his Master's in 1878. He went on to [[Johns Hopkins University]] where he was [[J. J. Sylvester]]'s first student, receiving his Ph.D. in 1879. After graduation, Halsted served as an instructor in mathematics at Princeton until beginning his post at the University of Texas at Austin in 1884. |
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==References== |
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* [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Halsted.html "George Bruce Halsted"], J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, [[University of St Andrews]], Scotland. |
* [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Halsted.html "George Bruce Halsted"], J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, [[University of St Andrews]], Scotland. |
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Revision as of 09:12, 16 April 2012
George Bruce Halsted (November 25, 1853 – March 16, 1922) was an American mathematician who explored foundations of geometry and introduced Non-Euclidean geometry into the United States through his own work and his many important translations. Especially noteworthy were his translations and commentaries relating to non-Euclidean geometry, including works by Bolyai, Lobachevski, Saccheri, and Poincaré. He wrote an elementary geometry text, Rational Geometry, based on Hilbert's axioms, which was translated into French, German, and Japanese.
Life
Halsted was a tutor and instructor at Princeton University. He held a mathematical fellowship while a student at Princeton. Halsted was a fourth generation Princeton graduate, earning his Bachelor's degree in 1875 and his Master's in 1878. He went on to Johns Hopkins University where he was J. J. Sylvester's first student, receiving his Ph.D. in 1879. After graduation, Halsted served as an instructor in mathematics at Princeton until beginning his post at the University of Texas at Austin in 1884.
He was a member of the University of Texas at Austin Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics (1884-1903), where he held the chair of pure and applied mathematics. He taught mathematicians R. L. Moore and L. E. Dickson among other students. He explored the foundations of geometry and explored many alternatives to Euclid's development, culminating with his Rational Geometry. Halsted frequently contributed to the early American Mathematical Monthly.
In 1903, Halsted was fired from UT Austin after having published several articles that criticized the university for having hired for an instructor post a well-connected but not as good local candidate instead of R. L. Moore, a young promising mathematician at the time, whom Halsted hoped to have as an assistant.[1] He completed his teaching career at St. John's College, Annapolis; Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio (1903-1906); and the Colorado State Teachers College, Greeley (1906-1914).
Halsted was a member of the American Mathematical Society and served as vice president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Writings
- Metrical geometry; An elementary treatise on mensuration (Boston, Ginn, 1890)
- The elements of geometry (New York, Wiley, 1889)
- Synthetic projective geometry (New York, Wiley, 1906)
- On the foundation and technic of arithmetic (Chicago, Open Court, 1912)
References
- ^ John Parker, R.L. Moore: Mathematician and Teacher, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 2005, ISBN 0-88385-550-X, 2005, pp. 36-37.
- "George Bruce Halsted", J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.