urn:taro:utexas.cah.00341 A Guide to the Louis Lazarus Silverman Papers, 1950-1967 May 3, 2004Encoded in XMetal 2 by Kristy Sorensen according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Silverman, Louis Lazarus, 1884- Louis Lazarus Silverman Papers 1950-1967 Materials are written in Hebrew and English. 86-29 1 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Louis Lazarus Silverman (1884-1967) taught at Dartmouth College, the University of Tel Aviv, the University of Houston, and South Texas College. His research concerned divergent series. This collection consists of mathematical lectures in Hebrew and two photocopies of newspaper articles (in English) about Silverman. Biographical Note

Louis Lazarus Silverman (1884-1967) was born in a Russian village in what is now Lithuania. He immigrated to the United States with his family when he was eight years old, and received a B.A. and M.A. in mathematics from Harvard University. After earning his Ph.D. in 1910 from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Silverman taught at Dartmouth College, the University of Tel Aviv, the University of Houston, and South Texas College. His research concerned divergent series.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of mathematical lectures in Hebrew and two photocopies of newspaper articles (in English) about Silverman.

Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.

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Louis Lazarus Silverman Papers, 1950-1967, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Silverman, Louis Lazarus, 1884 Divergent series Detailed Description of the Papers AAM-MNR/1 [The consistency of definitions of summability], announcement with English translation and 20 typed pages with formulas hand inserted, April 25, 1950 AAM-MNR/1 [Second copy of above], 20 typed pages with fomulas hand inserted, April 25, 1950 AAM-MNR/1 [Unidentified title], 12 pages, autograph manuscript, undated AAM-MNR/1 Two photocopies of clippings regarding Silverman, 1965-1967