Louis Weisner (born 1899–1988) was an American-Canadian mathematician at the
University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Ameri ...
who introduced
Weisner's method.
He graduated in 1923 from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
with a Ph.D. in mathematics. His thesis ''Groups whose maximal cyclic subgroups are independent'' was supervised by
Frank Nelson Cole
Frank Nelson Cole (September 20, 1861 – May 26, 1926) was an American mathematician.
Life and works
Cole was born in Ashland, Massachusetts. When he was very young, the family moved to Marlborough, Massachusetts where he attended school and ...
. As a postdoc, Weisner was an instructor at the
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...
. At
Hunter College he was appointed an instructor in 1927 and was successively promoted to assistant professor and associate professor. When he was an associate professor in 1954, the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York charged him with "neglect of duty" and "conduct unbecoming a member of the staff" because of his alleged involvement, beginning "in or about the year 1938", with the Communist Party.
From 1955 to 1988 he was a professor of mathematics at the University of New Brunswick.
Selected publications
Articles
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Books
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References
External links
Louis Weisner memorial prize*
Canadian mathematicians
1899 births
1988 deaths
American emigrants to Canada
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
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