Emilie Virginia Haynsworth
Emilie Virginia Haynsworth | |
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| Born | June 1, 1916 |
| Died | May 4, 1985 (aged 68) Sumter, South Carolina |
| Education | Coker College (bachelor's, 1937) Columbia University (master's, 1939) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Wilson College (Pennsylvania) National Bureau of Standards Auburn University |
| Thesis | Bounds for Determinants with Dominant Main Diagonal |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Brauer |
Emilie Virginia Haynsworth (June 1, 1916 – May 4, 1985) was an American mathematician at Auburn University who worked in linear algebra and matrix theory. She gave the name to Schur complements and is the namesake of the Haynsworth inertia additivity formula. She was known for the "absolute originality" of her mathematical formulations, her "strong and independent mind", her "fine sense of mathematical elegance", and her "strong mixture of the traditional and unconventional".