Mathematician:Leo Moser

Mathematician
Austrian-Canadian mathematician best known for his work in number theory.

Nationality
Austrian-Canadian

History

 * Born: 11 April 1921 in Vienna, Austria
 * 1924: Immigrated with his parents into Canada
 * 1943: Received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba
 * 1945: Received Master of Science from the University of Toronto in
 * 1947: Went to University of North Carolina to complete a Ph.D., supervised by Alfred Brauer
 * 1950: Began suffering recurrent heart problems
 * 1950: Took a position at Texas Technical College
 * 1951: Joined the faculty of the University of Alberta


 * Died: 9 February 1970 in Edmonton, Canada

Theorems and Definitions

 * Erdős-Moser Conjecture (with )
 * Erdős-Moser Equation (with )
 * Steinhaus-Moser Notation (with )


 * Lambek-Moser Theorem (with )
 * Moser Spindle
 * Moser-de Bruijn Sequence (with )


 * Moser's Worm Problem
 * Moving Sofa Problem

Publications

 * 1947: On the sum of digits of powers
 * 1949: Some equations involving Euler's totient
 * 1949: Linked rods and continued fractions
 * 1949: On the danger of induction
 * 1949: A theorem on the distribution of primes
 * 1950: A prime representing function
 * 1950: Palindromic primes
 * 1950: On the distribution of digits in powers
 * 1950: On Sets of Integers which Contain No Three in Arithmetical Progression and on Sets of Distances Determined by Finite Point Sets
 * 1957: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
 * 1957: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers