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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering Director's records.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 53-16-2808
Scope and content

Include papers pertaining to corporate and external relations of the Theory Center, for Director Jay Blair.



Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering Director's records.

Cornell University Department of Mathematics records

 Collection
Identifier: 14-19-2216
Abstract Bound term reports and student lists, 1890-1976, with some correspondence (lists were computer-generated after 1956); teaching schedules, 1910-1975; Mathematical Club records including minutes and papers presented, 3 volumes, 1891-1901; Mathematical Department Scrapbooks of examinations, 1877-1893; and Differential and Integral Calculus, by Virgil Snyder and John Irwin Hutchinson, with a syllabus and a list of other titles in the Modern Mathematical Series, including ones by other Cornell...
Dates: 1877-1976.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Department of Mathematics records

Eugene B. Dynkin papers

 Collection — electronic records
Identifier: 14-19-4151
Abstract

Papers documenting the work, writings, and teachings of Dynkin. Collection includes digitized copies of audio and video interviews with mathematicians conducted by Eugene Dynkin, as well as biographical information and photos of these prominent mathematicians.

Dates: 1950-2014.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Eugene B. Dynkin papers

Frank Spitzer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-19-2766
Scope and content

Mathematical calculations, formulae, and problems; correspondence, drafts of articles, and other papers pertaining to mathematics.

Dates: 1950-1985.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank Spitzer papers

Harry Kesten papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-19-4602
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the professional papers, notes, and manuscripts of mathematician Harry Kesten.

Dates: 1970 - 2002
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harry Kesten papers

Harry Wheeler Powell student notes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223764]
Identifier: 37-5-191
Scope and content Notes of Harry Wheeler Powell, graduate student in mathematics, Physics, and Engineering, 1886-1888. Included are Powell's notes in Physics and Integral Calculus, reports on experiments in Physics, first and second examinations in Mechanics of Engineering, Fall. Also included in collection are Notes on the Graphical Statics of Mechanism by Irving Porter Church, 1888 and Instructions to Students Pursuing the Elementary Physical Laboratory Course at Cornell University by William Anthony,...
Dates: 1886-1888.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harry Wheeler Powell student notes

James C. Keck notebooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-4001
Abstract

Physicist James C. Keck (June 11, 1924-August 9, 2010) served on the faculty of Cornell Univeristy (B.S. 1947, P.h.D. 1951), the California Institute of Technology, and MIT, and is recognized for his work on the Manhattan Project and for his research on combustion engines. This collection contains notebooks by Keck from courses he took at Cornell, dating 1946-1949.

Dates: 1946-1949.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James C. Keck notebooks

James Edward Oliver miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 9 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065264818]
Identifier: 14-19-m.100
Scope and content

Letters to Thomas Scott Fiske concerning affairs of the New York Mathematical Society, and an anecdote about Oliver by Walter F. Willcox.

Dates: 1894-1953.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James Edward Oliver miscellany

James H. Bramble papers

 Collection — Box 4: [Barcode: 31924088358084]
Identifier: 14-19-3308
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, notes, talks, lectures, and papers by J.H.B. and others.

Dates: 1962-1997.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James H. Bramble papers

John Guckenheimer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-19-4264
Scope and content

Files relating to John Guckenheimer's research and teaching. Includes correspondence, grant files, information on Cornell committees, files relating to the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Dates: circa 1980s-2000s.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Guckenheimer papers

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