Definition of Oswald Veblen

1. Noun. United States mathematician (1880-1960).

Exact synonyms: Veblen
Generic synonyms: Mathematician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oswald Veblen

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Ostrogothic
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Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Ostryopsis
Ostwald
Ostwald's solubility coefficient
Ostwald's theory of indicators
Ostyak
Ostyak-Samoyed
Oswald
Oswald Spengler
Oswald Veblen (current term)
Oswaldo
Oswego teas
Ot3
Ota's nevus
Otago
Otaheite
Otaheite apple
Otaheite apples
Otaheite arrowroot
Otaheite arrowroot starch
Otaria
Otaria Byronia
Otariidae

Literary usage of Oswald Veblen

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1. Organization and Members by National Academy of Sciences (U.S., National Research Council (U.S.) (1919)
"Chairman, LW AUSTIN, Chief, Radio Physical Laboratory, US Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC; Corresponding Secretary, Oswald Veblen; Technical Secretary, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"... computations and related questions." TH Gronwall: "Qualitative properties of the ballistic trajectory." Oswald Veblen: "Progress in design of artillery ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1912)
"Professor Oswald Veblen, a newly elected member, having subscribed the Laws ... Professor Oswald Veblen read an obituary notice of Professor Henri Poincare. ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society by American Mathematical Society (1913)
"... "Decomposition of an n-space by a polyhedron," by Oswald Veblen; "On convergence factors in double series and the double Fourier series," by CN MOORE; ..."

5. Norwegian Immigrant Contributions to America's Making by Harry Sundby-Hansen (1921)
"Oswald Veblen, professor of mathematics in Princeton University, has won reputation as an authority in his department of the sciences. ..."

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