Mathematician:Leo Moser
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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 Paul Erdős)
- Erdős-Moser Equation (with Paul Erdős)
- Steinhaus-Moser Notation (with Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus)
- Lambek-Moser Theorem (with Joachim Lambek)
- Moser Spindle
- Moser-de Bruijn Sequence (with Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn)
Results named for Leo Moser can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Leo Moser can be found here.
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
- 1953: On the diophantine equation $1^n + 2^n + 3^n + \dotsb + \paren {m − 1}^n = m^n$ (Scripta Math. Vol. 19: pp. 84 – 88)
- 1957: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
- 1963: Notes on number theory III. On the sum of consecutive primes (Canadian Math. Bull. Vol. 6: pp. 159 – 161)