Frank Nelson Cole

Frank Nelson Cole
Born(1861-09-20)September 20, 1861
Ashland, Massachusetts, United States
DiedMay 26, 1926(1926-05-26) (aged 64)
New York City, New York, United States
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Michigan
Columbia University
American Mathematical Society
Thesis A Contribution to the Theory of the General Equation of the Sixth Degree  (1886)
Doctoral advisor
Felix Klein
Doctoral students
Eric Temple Bell
Edward Kasner
George Abram Miller
Louis Weisner

Frank Nelson Cole (September 20, 1861 – May 26, 1926) was an American mathematician. He is most famous for discovering the factors of the Mersenne number 267 − 1.

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