Samuel L. Greitzer (August 10, 1905 – February 22, 1988) was an American mathematician, the founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, and the publisher of the precollege mathematics journal Arbelos.[1] Together with H.S.M. Coxeter in 1967, Greitzer coauthored the well-received textbook Geometry Revisited, which has remained in print for more than 40 years.[2]
samuel, greitzer, august, 1905, february, 1988, american, mathematician, founding, chairman, united, states, america, mathematical, olympiad, publisher, precollege, mathematics, journal, arbelos, together, with, coxeter, 1967, greitzer, coauthored, well, recei. Samuel L Greitzer August 10 1905 February 22 1988 was an American mathematician the founding chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and the publisher of the precollege mathematics journal Arbelos 1 Together with H S M Coxeter in 1967 Greitzer coauthored the well received textbook Geometry Revisited which has remained in print for more than 40 years 2 Samuel Greitzer Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected publications 3 References 4 External linksBiography editBorn in the Russian Empire Greitzer moved to the United States in 1906 graduated from Stuyvesant High School received his bachelor s degree in 1927 from City College of New York and later earned a Ph D from Yeshiva University He held academic positions at Yeshiva University Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Columbia University and Rutgers University 1 In the 1970s he directed a National Science Foundation summer program at Rutgers for high ability high school math students Samuel Greitzer and his wife Ethel had one son 3 Samuel died on February 22 1988 in Metuchen New Jersey 1 4 Selected publications editCoxeter H S M Greitzer S L 1967 Geometry Revisited Mathematical Association of America ISBN 978 0 88385 619 2 Greitzer S 1973 The First U S A Mathematical Olympiad American Mathematical Monthly 80 3 276 281 doi 10 2307 2318449 JSTOR 2318449 Greitzer Samuel 1979 International Mathematical Olympiads 1959 1977 Mathematical Association of America ISBN 978 0 88385 627 7 References edit a b c Berzsenyi G Mientka W 1988 Obituary Samuel L Greitzer Mathematics Competitions 1 1 29 Archived from the original on 2014 02 04 Ruane P N 2008 MAA Review Geometry Revisited Samuel Greitzer in the 1940 Census Ancestry com Retrieved May 23 2016 Social Security Death Index Retrieved May 21 2016 External links editRichards Joe Crossfield Don 2008 Dear Professor Greitzer Convergence Mathematical Association of America nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel L Greitzer amp oldid 1141136238, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
