Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1921 – 1980
Who was Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.?
Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr. 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 P-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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- Born
- Jun 26, 1921
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Oregon State University
- Died
- Aug 11, 1980
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on July 23, 2013
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