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Edward B. Curtis, 91, American mathematician.
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|Edward Baldwin Curtis (March 13, 1933 – April 2, 2024) was an American mathematician.
Life and career
Curtis was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on March 13, 1933. He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1954. After graduate study from 1958 to 1959 at the University of Oxford, he returned to Harvard and earned a Ph.D. there in 1962. His thesis The Lower Central Series for Free Group Complexes was supervised by Raoul Bott. Curtis became an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1962–1964), assistant professor (1964–1967), and associate professor (1967–1970). In 1970 he became a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he remained until his retirement as professor emeritus.
His research interests included graph theory and flow networks. In 1967 for his studies on algebraic topology he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 1972 the Leroy P. Steele Prize for his paper Simplicial homotopy theory.
Curtis died in Seattle, Washington on April 2, 2024, at the age of 91.
Works
- The Lower Central Series for Free Group Complexes. Thesis (Ph.D.). Harvard University. 1962.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Curtis, Edward B. (1971). "Simplicial homotopy theory". Advances in Mathematics. 6 (2): 107–209. doi:10.1016/0001-8708(71)90015-6. MR 0279808.
- with James A. Morrow: Inverse problems for electrical networks. Series on applied mathematics. Vol. 13. Singapore: World Scientific. 2000. ISBN 981-02-4174-7.
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1.In which year did Edward B. Curtis die?
- A.2017
- B.2015
- C.2024correct
- D.2011
Edward B. Curtis died in 2024.
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2.How old was Edward B. Curtis when they died?
- A.91correct
- B.103
- C.83
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Edward B. Curtis was 91 years old at the time of death.
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3.In which year was Edward B. Curtis born?
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- B.1921
- C.1933correct
- D.1927
Edward B. Curtis was born in 1933.
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4.In which month did Edward B. Curtis die?
- A.July
- B.May
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Edward B. Curtis died in April.
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5.On which day of the month did Edward B. Curtis die?
- A.2correct
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Edward B. Curtis died on day 2 of the month.
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6.Where was Edward B. Curtis born?
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Edward B. Curtis was born in Newburyport.
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7.Where did Edward B. Curtis die?
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- B.Kraków
- C.Turin
- D.Seattlecorrect
Edward B. Curtis died in Seattle.
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8.In which field was Edward B. Curtis known?
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- D.chemist
The biography describes Edward B. Curtis as a mathematician.
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Edward B. Curtis is recorded as American.
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