Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 1984 June 6.

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Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 1984 June 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63289522

Singleton tells about the courses he took, as a graduate student, from Luther Eisenhart, Albert Einstein, Alonzo Church, and J. H. M. Wedderburn. Singleton also mentions his friendship with Israel Halperin and his serving as teaching assistant in a course taught by Albert Tucker.

Transcript : 6 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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