# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-kasner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:07:29.206Z

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name: "Edward Kasner"
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description: "Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 – January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University — the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia — specializing in differential geometry. Kasner is also known for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon."
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birthDate: "1878-04-02"
deathDate: "1955-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump