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Marston Morse
Born: March 24, 1892
Died: June 22, 1977 (aged 85)
Bio: Harold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory.
Known for:
- The calculus of variations in the large (1934)
- Global variational analysis (1976)
- Introduction to analysis in the large (1947)