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Robert Spira correspondence, 1960-1981.
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Robert Spira correspondence, 1960-1981Creator/Contributor:
Spira, Robert., creatorAbstract:
Consists of personal, academic and professional correspondence of Robert Spira during his time as associate professor of Mathematics
at Michigan State University (1964) and assistant professor of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee (1964-1967).
Date:
1960 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-mi -- n-us-tnSpira, Robert -- Archives
Michigan State University. -- Dept. of Mathematics -- Faculty
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. -- Mathematics Dept. -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Dept. of Mathematics -- Students
Mathematicians -- United States -- Correspondence
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Robert Spira correspondence, BANC MSS 84/62 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Robert Samuel Spira was born on December 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a BA (1957) and a PhD (1962) in Mathematics
from the University of Califonria, Berkeley, having written a dissertation titled, "Sums of Two Squares and Brahmagutpa's
Formula" under the instruction of Prof. Derrick Henry Lehmer. While at Berkeley, he met Robert E. Bowen, a peer in the mathematics
field who would also be a friend to Spira until Bowen's death in 1978. Spira taught mathematics as assistant professor at
Duke University (1962-1964), University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1964-1967) and associate professor at Michigan State University,
East Lansing (1967-1982).
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Faculty papers.Physical Description:
print
1 carton (1.25 linear feet)
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.