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David Borwein

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David Borwein · Science & Medicine

What

Analysis; summability theory and infinite series

When

1924, Kaunas, Lithuania — 2021, London, Ontario, Canada

Where

Lithuania · United Kingdom · Canada

Biography

David Borwein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Analysis; summability theory and infinite series

How & why

David Borwein was a mathematician specialising in analysis, particularly summability theory and the study of infinite series, who spent much of his career at the University of Western Ontario and served as president of the Canadian Mathematical Society. He was the father of mathematicians Jonathan and Peter Borwein. Born in Kaunas to a Jewish family, he emigrated via Britain to Canada.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Contributions & Sources

Analysis; summability theory and infinite series

1924

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics