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Gladys West (Wikipedia)
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The Wikipedia article on the American mathematician Gladys West, consulted for its lead-section biography and infobox dates.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West
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Gladys West (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description; no page-furniture text is cited per PlaybookNote 10821Quote, Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description; no page-furniture text is cited per PlaybookNote 10821
was an American mathematician. She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Gladys West (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-descriptionQuote, Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description
was an American mathematician. She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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