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Elza Furtado Gomide
1925 – 2013
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryElza Furtado Gomide was a Brazilian mathematician and the first woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics from the University of São Paulo, in 1950, and the second in Brazil. Gomide was involved in the creation of the Society of Mathematics of São Paulo and was elected head of the department of mathematics of the University of São Paulo in 1968.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 20, 1925
Date of death
October 26, 2013
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