Verena Huber-Dyson

Verena Huber-Dyson
Born
Verena Esther Huber

(1923-05-06)May 6, 1923
Naples, Italy
DiedMarch 12, 2016(2016-03-12) (aged 92)[1]
Other namesVerena Huber, Verena Haefeli
Citizenship
  • Switzerland
  • United States
EducationUniversity of Zürich
Known for
Spouses
  • Hans-Georg Haefeli
    (m. 1942; div. 1948)
  • (m. 1950; div. 1958)
Children
Scientific career
FieldsLogic, algebra
Institutions
Thesis Ein Dualismus als Klassifikationsprinzip in der abstrakten Gruppentheorie  (1947)
Doctoral advisorAndreas Speiser

Verena Esther Huber-Dyson (May 6, 1923 – March 12, 2016) was a Swiss-American mathematician, known for her work on group theory and formal logic.[1][2] She has been described as a "brilliant mathematician",[2] who did research on the interface between algebra and logic, focusing on undecidability in group theory. At the time of her death, she was emeritus faculty in the philosophy department of the University of Calgary, Alberta.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference obituary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Dawidoff 2009.

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