Person: Obi, Chike Edozien Umezei

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Chike Obi was a Nigerian mathematician and politician. He was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. His research was on non-linear ordinary differential equations.

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Born 7 April 1921, Zaria, Nigeria. Died 13 March 2008, Onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria.

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African, Origin Nigeria


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