Judith Grabiner

Judith Grabiner

Judith Victor Grabiner (born about 1938) is an American mathematician who is among the best-known historians of mathematics. She earned her B.S. in mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1960 and her M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1966) in the history of science at Harvard University, and is currently Flora Sanborn Pitzer Professor of Mathematics at Pitzer College. She previously taught at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her book "The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus" explores the background in which the limit definition was developed. [cite book
last = Gabiner
first = Judith V.
authorlink = Judith Grabiner
title = The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus
publisher = Dover
series =
year = 1981
doi =
isbn = 0486438155
pages= 40-42
] Another book on the work of Joseph Louis Lagrange discusses related material. She has won a variety of awards. She is married to fellow mathematician Sandy Grabiner of Pomona College.

External links

* [http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/grabiner/CV_grabiner.pdf C.V.] of Judith Grabiner
* [http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AuthorDetail/authorid/1706 American Scientist] entry from Sigma Xi


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