In 1966, Moser posed the question "What is the region of smallest area which will accommodate every planar arc of length one?".[2] Rephrased to consider the planar arc a "worm", this became known as Moser's worm problem and is still an open problem in discrete geometry.
^W. Moser, G. Bloind, V. Klee, C. Rousseau, J. Goodman, B. Monson, J. Wetzel, L. M. Kelly7, G. Purdy, and J Wilker, Fifth edition, Problems in Discrete Geometry, McGill University, Montreal, 1980
moser, april, 1921, vienna, february, 1970, edmonton, austrian, canadian, mathematician, best, known, polygon, notation, born, 1921, april, 1921vienna, austriadied9, february, 1970, 1970, aged, edmonton, canadaalma, materuniversity, manitobauniversity, toronto. Leo Moser 11 April 1921 Vienna 9 February 1970 Edmonton was an Austrian Canadian mathematician best known for his polygon notation Leo MoserBorn 1921 04 11 11 April 1921Vienna AustriaDied9 February 1970 1970 02 09 aged 48 Edmonton CanadaAlma materUniversity of ManitobaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of North CarolinaKnown forMoser spindleMoser s circle problemMoser s worm problemMoser de Bruijn sequenceErdos Moser equationLambek Moser theoremSteinhaus Moser notationMoving sofa problemPancyclic graphScientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of AlbertaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctoral advisorAlfred BrauerA native of Vienna Leo Moser immigrated with his parents to Canada at the age of three He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1943 and a Master of Science from the University of Toronto in 1945 After two years of teaching he went to the University of North Carolina to complete a PhD supervised by Alfred Brauer 1 There in 1950 he began suffering recurrent heart problems He took a position at Texas Technical College for one year and joined the faculty of the University of Alberta in 1951 where he remained until his death at the age of 48 In 1966 Moser posed the question What is the region of smallest area which will accommodate every planar arc of length one 2 Rephrased to consider the planar arc a worm this became known as Moser s worm problem and is still an open problem in discrete geometry See also editBell number Berlekamp switching game Salem Spencer set Secretary problem Tournament graph theory Erdos distinct distances problemReferences edit Leo Moser at the Mathematics Genealogy Project W Moser G Bloind V Klee C Rousseau J Goodman B Monson J Wetzel L M Kelly7 G Purdy and J Wilker Fifth edition Problems in Discrete Geometry McGill University Montreal 1980External links editO Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Leo Moser MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive University of St Andrews Posthumous biographical appreciation dated May 19 1970 by mathematician Max Wyman president of the University of Alberta from 1969 to 1974 Comprehensive list of 88 papers lectures and other works authored by Leo Moser April 1961 photograph of Leo Moser nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leo Moser amp oldid 1166183758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
