
소개
에드워드 캐스너(영어: Edward Kasner IPA: [ˈɛdwə d ˈkæsnə ], 1878년 4월 2일 ~ 1955년 1월 7일)는 미국의 수학자이다. 기하학에 공헌하였다.
Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 – January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University — the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia — specializing in differential geometry. Kasner is also known for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon.
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