ErnstStraus 2007-07-21 16:01:26 2007-07-25 19:03:34 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 \PMlinkescapeword{power} \emph{Ernst Gabor Straus} (1922 - 1983) German-American Jewish mathematician and physicist, best known in mathematics for his work on Ramsey theory. Born in Munich of a lawyer and a doctor, young Ernst showed an ability for mathematics from early on. But with Hitler's rise to power in Germany in the 1930s and the death of the Straus paterfamilias, the surviving Strauses fled to Israel and later the United States, where he co-authored papers with Albert Einstein and Paul Erd\H{o}s. Straus stayed in America for the rest of his life.