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Dr. Herman Lyle Smith: LSU’s First Math Doctoral Mentor and the Architect of Modern Convergence

Herman Lyle Smith helped launch LSU math’s earliest Ph.D. tradition in 1929. He was the co-creator of nets, the deep framework of generalized convergence that reshaped modern topology and analysis. This post discusses his life, legacy, and the mathematical idea that made him one of America’s best-known mathematicians. Continue reading →

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A Portrait of an Inspiring Teacher: Fred Reusch

Posted on 04.06.16 by Scott Baldridge

Teachers: If you were asked to leave your profession to be an administrator or even to write a history-making curriculum, would you? Read about an awe-inspiring teacher and his decision. Continue reading →