Samuel L. Greitzer
Samuel L. Greitzer (August 10, 1905 – February 22, 1988) was an American
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]
Biography
Born in the
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
- Coxeter, 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. JSTOR 2318449.
- Greitzer, Samuel (1979). International Mathematical Olympiads 1959–1977. Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 978-0-88385-627-7.
References
- ^ 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
- Richards, Joe; Crossfield, Don (2008). "Dear Professor Greitzer". Convergence. Mathematical Association of America.
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