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Gilbert Ames Bliss

American mathematician
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Gilbert Ames Bliss (born May 9, 1876, Chicago—died May 8, 1951, Harvey, Ill.) was a U.S. mathematician and educator known for his work on the calculus of variations. He received his B.S. degree in 1897 from the University of Chicago and remained to study mathematical astronomy under F.R. Moulton. He received his M.S. degree in 1898 and two years later his doctorate. Bliss immediately went into teaching as an assistant professor of mathematics at the...

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