Clarence Raymond Adams worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Clarence Raymond Adams as American mathematician (1898-1965).
Clarence Raymond Adams was born at Cranston in 1898. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Harvard University and Brown University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at Brown University.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Clarence Raymond Adams died in 1965, aged 67. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Brown University
- Fields: mathematical analysis
