Some personal reminiscences of Olga Taussky-Todd

Some personal reminiscences of Olga Taussky-Todd

In Memoriam: Olga Taussky-Todd

838 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 43, NUMBER 8 O lga Taussky-Todd passed away in her sleep on Saturday, October 7, 1995, at the age of 89, at her home in Pasadena, California, where she was Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, the mathematician John (Jack) Todd, also Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Caltech. He ...

Some Personal Reminiscences of the Mathematical Work of Paul Turán

Our frienctslup and collaboration spread over most of our active and scientific life. We first met at the University of Budapest in September 1930 and innnediately discovered our common interest in number theory and prinie nuinbers in particular. Our last mathematical discussion 11 days before his death was also about prime numbers. My last letter to hini (written from Canada) arrived after he ...

Working with Zdzislaw Pawlak - Personal Reminiscences

This paper accompanies panel contribution of the author to the session devoted to personal reminiscences of Professor Zdzis law Pawlak, a computer scientist and engineer. In particular we discuss some aspects of the work of Pawlak and researchers in his circle of collaborators in 1960ies, and especially, 1970ies. Given the lack of archival materials, the author bases this writing on personal re...

FINITE GROUPS ACTING ON HOMOLOGY MANIFOLDSMichael

To the memory of Olga Taussky-Todd