Cole

Frank Nelson Cole

Born: 20 Sept 1861 in Ashland, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 May 1926 in New York, USA

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Frank Cole studied under Klein and wrote a thesis on the general equation of the 6 th degree. His main research contributions are to number theory, in particular to prime numbers, and to group theory. He established prizes in algebra and number theory. Osgood and M Bôcher were among his students.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. T S Fiske, Frank Nelson Cole, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (1927), 773-777. 
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