Word: mathe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soviet mathematician Joseph Bernstein should have gone a long way in his homeland. He is, in the words of one Harvard math professor, "regarded as one of the world leaders in the many fields he works...
...this world-reknowned scholar, it meant that he never had the chance to gain a position in a Soviet math department or institute. "I never tried to do that. It was just impossible," recalls Bernstein...
Bernstein in speaking from his cramped Science Center office, where he is now safely ensconced as the newest full professor in the Math Department. He is doing general research, as well as teaching a graduate course on p-adic fields. He arrived at Harvard this semester, following a stint as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland and his emigration from the Soviet Union in the summer...
...team of three undergraduates grabbed first place honors in the Putnam Mathematical Competition, giving Harvard its first top finish in the national math contest in 17 years...
Putnam said yesterday that his grandfather started the competition 43 years ago to promote an intercollegiate contest outside of athletics. Math was selected as the arena "because it's fairly easy to correct," he added...