Judith Grabiner

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Judith Victor Grabiner (born 1938) is an American mathematician who is among the best-known historians of mathematics.

Professional career

She earned her B.S. in mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1960 and her M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1966) in the history of science at Harvard University, and is currently Flora Sanborn Pitzer Professor of Mathematics at Pitzer College. She previously taught at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her book The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus explores the background in which the limit definition was developed. Another book on the work of Joseph Louis Lagrange discusses related material.

Personal

She is married to fellow mathematician Sandy Grabiner of Pomona College.

Awards and honors

In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[1]

Selected publications

Grabiner, Judith V. (1981). The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus. Dover. pp. 40–42. ISBN 0-486-43815-5.

References

↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.

External links

C.V. of Judith Grabiner
American Scientist entry from Sigma Xi

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