Jean A. Larson

Jean Ann Larson is an American mathematician. She is a set theorist, a historian of mathematical logic, and a professor at the University of Florida. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics from Dartmouth College, and is known for her research in infinitary combinatorics and the theory of linear spaces.

Jean A. Larson
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley,
Dartmouth College
Doctoral advisorJames Earl Baumgartner
InfluencesJohn W. Addison Jr.
Academic work
DisciplineMathematics
Sub-disciplineSet theory, infinitary combinatorics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles,
University of Florida
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