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Abraham Robinson

Abraham Robinson
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Abraham Robinson was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of nonstandard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorporated into modern mathematics. Nearly half of Robinson's papers were in applied mathematics rather than in pure mathematics.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Abraham Robinson (this page)October 6, 1918 – April 11, 1974
  2. Derek BartonSeptember 8, 1918 – March 16, 1998
  3. Edwin G. KrebsJune 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009
  4. Jerome KarleJune 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013
  5. Katherine JohnsonAugust 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020
  6. Paul D. BoyerJuly 31, 1918 – June 2, 2018

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