# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-m-niven
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:05.089Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-m-niven"
name: "Ivan M. Niven"
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description: "Ivan Morton Niven was a Canadian-American number theorist best remembered for his work on Waring's problem. He worked for many years as a professor at the University of Oregon, and was president of the Mathematical Association of America. He wrote several books on mathematics."
tagline: "Canadian-American number theorist (1915–1999)"
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birthDate: "1915-10-25"
deathDate: "1999-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump