TobiasDantzig 2007-02-12 14:50:38 2007-04-01 18:24:39 Biography % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) %\usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions %\usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here \emph{Tobias Dantzig} (1884 - 1956) Latvian mathematician, the father of George Dantzig, author of {\it Number: The Language of Science}. Dantzig began his formal studies in Paris with Henri Poincar\'e. With his wife he moved the United States where she bore him George. After earning a Ph.D. in mathematics from Indiana University, he taught at the University of Maryland.