Cyrus Colton MacDuffee

Cyrus Colton MacDuffee (June 29, 1895 - August 21, 1961) from Oneida, New York was a professor of mathematics at University of Wisconsin. He wrote a number of influential research papers in abstract algebra. MacDuffee served on the Council of the American Mathematical Society (A.M.S.), was editor of the Transactions of the A.M.S., and served as president of the Mathematical Association of America (M.A.A).

MacDuffee obtained his B.S. degree in 1917 from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in 1922 from the University of Chicago ; his thesis was on Nonassociative algebras under the direction of Leonard E. Dickson. In 1935, MacDuffee joined the University of Wisconsin, where he remained until his death in 1961. He served as chair of the department(1951–56). Later, Wisconsin endowed a university chair under his name. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin, he served at Princeton and Ohio State. He guided 30 Ph.D. students, among them Herbert Ryser.

Books

• [Book] The theory of matrices, CC MacDuffee - 2004 - books.google.com
• [BOOK] Theory of equations, CC MacDuffee - 1954 - Wiley
• Vectors and matrices, CC MacDuffee - Bull. Amer. Math. Soc, 1946 - ams.org
• An introduction to abstract algebra, CC MacDuffee - New York, 1940 - ams.org

References

• Cyrus Colton MacDuffee at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• Biography

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Name	Macduffee, Cyrus Colton
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Date of birth	June 29, 1895
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Date of death	August 21, 1961
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