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While being in the presence of these great minds is a little more than intimidating for FM, it’s clear that there is definitely one academic department that keeps the f of u [f(u)] in fun. “Belgian ales and [famed algebraic geometer] Oscar Zariski in a straw hat — what else can you ask for in life?” fourth-year math grad student Nicholas A. Ramsey says...
Born in Kobrin in the Soviet Union, Zariski studied at the University of Kiev and then at the University of Rome, where he received his doctorate in mathematics. He came to this country in 1927 and became an American citizen...
...Zariski spent his life applying the principles of modern algebra to the study of algebraic geometry, which enables mathematicians to describe the properties of a set of points in any number of dimensions with algebraic equations...
...said that mathematicians before 1900 used intuitive methods to prove theorems in algebraic geometry. Zariski said he found in his studies that "the edifice of algebraic geometry was shaky in its foundations," and that he set out to "rebuild the foundations of the field...
...survived by his wife Yole E. Zariski, a daughter, Vera L. De Cola of Brookline and a son, Raphael Zariski, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and four grandchildren...