Agnes Berger

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Agnes P. Berger (1916-2002) was a Hungarian-American mathematician who served as an associate professor of biostatistics at Columbia University's School of Public Health, as well as a statistical consultant at Mount Sinai. [1]

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Early years

Her first experiences with mathematics were thanks to the Hungarian publication Kömal (Kozepiskolai Matematikai Lapok), a monthly magazine for high school students that included math problems. [2]

During her studies at the University of Budapest, she was a student of the prominent Hungarian mathematician Lipót Fejér, whom she would remember years later for his short, detailed classes and dramatic endings. [3] Her parents were friends with the parents of contemporary mathematician Peter Lax. [4]

She earned her doctorate. [5]

Career

Berger collaborated with other statisticians such at Jerzy Neyman. [6] She reviewed work of Joseph L. Fleiss, another statistical mathematician. [7]

Family life and last years of life

Agnes Berger married Laszlo Berger, with whom she had a son, John Joseph Berger. She died at age 85 at Lenox Hill Hospital on March 27, 2002. [1]

Some publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "Paid Notice: Deaths BERGER, AGNES P." The New York Times. 2002-03-29. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. Sneha, Narayan (2011). Making it in the mathematical community: the case of women mathematicians in Hungary (Master of Arts). Central European University. p. 34.
  3. Hersh, Reuben; John-Steiner, Vera. "A Visit to Hungarian Mathematics" Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine . The Mathematical Intelligencer15 (2): 13-26. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Hersh, Reuben (2014-12-29). Peter Lax, Mathematician. American Mathematical Soc. ISBN   978-1-4704-1708-6.
  5. Mintzis, Matthew J.; Berger, Agnes P.; Greenwald, Edward; Greenwald, Edith; Golomb, Frederick (1978). "Malignant melanoma in spouses". Cancer. 42 (2): 804–807. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197808)42:2<804::AID-CNCR2820420254>3.0.CO;2-9 . ISSN   1097-0142. PMID   679166. S2CID   31381862.
  6. Golbeck, Amanda L. (2017-04-28). Equivalence: Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-351-75191-9.
  7. Fleiss, Joseph L.; Levin, Bruce; Paik, Myunghee Cho (2013-06-12). Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-62561-3.