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Herbert Busemann

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Dr. phil. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1931

Dissertation: Über die Geometrien, in denen die "Kreise mit unendlichem Radius" die kürzesten Linien sind

Mathematics Subject Classification: 01—History and biography

Advisor: Richard Courant

Students:
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Name	School	Year	Descendants
John Beem	University of Southern California	1968	9
Russell Benson	University of Southern California	1962
John Featherstone	University of Southern California	1970
Donald Glassco, II	University of Southern California	1971
George Lewis	University of Southern California	1970
Flemming Pedersen	University of Southern California	1952
Clinton Petty	University of Southern California	1952	1
Bhalchandra Phadke	University of Southern California	1970
Peter Woo	University of Southern California	1968
Eugene Zaustinsky	University of Southern California	1957

According to our current on-line database, Herbert Busemann has 10 students and 20 descendants.
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