Mathematician:Artemas Martin

Mathematician

Self-educated American mathematician best known as a contributor to puzzle columns in popular magazines.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: August 3, 1835 in Steuben County, New York
• Died: November 7, 1918 in Washington, DC, United States

Publications

• 1893: On fifth-power numbers whose sum is a fifth power

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Artemas Martin": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive