Henry B. Mann
Henry B. Mann · Science & Medicine
Number theorist of the Mann sumset theorem; Cole Prize (1946)
1905, Vienna, Austria — 2000, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Austria · United States
Henry B. Mann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theorist of the Mann sumset theorem; Cole Prize (1946)
Henry B. Mann was an Austrian-born American mathematician and statistician who proved the Schnirelmann–Landau (alpha-beta) conjecture in additive number theory, earning the 1946 Cole Prize, and who co-created the Mann–Whitney U test widely used in statistics. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, he emigrated to the United States in 1938. His work spans number theory, statistics and combinatorics.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics (prize lists)
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Number theorist of the Mann sumset theorem; Cole Prize (1946)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics (prize lists)
