Sumner Byron Myers

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Sumner Byron Myers (1910 – 1955) was an American mathematician specialized in topology. He studied at Harvard University under H. C. Marston Morse,^[1] where he was graduated with a Ph.D. in 1932^[2]. Myers then pursued postdoctoral studies at Princeton University (1934–1936)^[3] before becoming a professor for mathematics at the University of Michigan, where an award for outstanding students of mathematics has been named in his honor.^[4] He died unexpectedly from a heart attack during a football game.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Myers theorem

[edit] References

1. ^ Tucker, A: Interview with Albert Tucker, Princeton University, July 11, 1984. Last accessed December 5, 2005.
2. ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project: Sumner Byron Myers, no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005.
3. ^ Princeton University: Members of the School of Mathematics, no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005.
4. ^ University of Michigan: Sumner Myers Award, no date. Last accessed December 5, 2005.
5. ^ Fisher, G.: (E-mail message), August 7, 1999. Last accessed December 5, 2005.

[edit] Further reading

• Bott, R.; Hildebrandt, T. H.; Ritt, R. K.; Rothe, E. H.; Samelson, H.: In memoriam Sumner B. Myers (1910–1955), Michigan Math. J. 5(1); 1958, pp. 1–4.