Mathematician:Ivan Morton Niven

Mathematician
Canadian-American mathematician, most noted for solving most of Waring's Problem.

Also notable for Niven numbers and Niven's constant.

Asteroid 12513 Niven, discovered in 1998, was named after him.

Nationality
Canadian-American

History

 * Born: October 25, 1915
 * Died: May 9, 1999 in Eugene, Oregon, USA

Theorems and Inventions

 * Niven Numbers
 * Niven's Constant
 * Niven's Theorem
 * Provided a simple proof that Pi is Irrational.

Publications

 * 1944: An unsolved case of the Waring problem


 * 1947: A simple proof that π is irrational


 * 1959: Mathematics: A house built on sand?


 * 1960: (with )
 * 1966: (with )
 * 1972: (with )
 * 1980: (with )
 * 1991: (with  and )