Person: Moufang, Ruth

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Ruth Moufang studied projective planes, introducing Moufang planes and non-associative systems called Moufang loops.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 10 January 1905, Darmstadt, Germany. Died 26 November 1977, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Origin Germany, Women


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Github:
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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive