Isadore Manuel Singer ( born Isadore Manuel Singer ; born May 3, 1924 , Detroit , Michigan ) is an American mathematician .
| Isador Manuel Singer | |
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 Isador Singer | |
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| Place of Birth | Detroit , Michigan , USA |
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| Scientific field | maths |
| Place of work | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Awards and prizes | US National Science Medal ( 1983 ) Steel Award ( 2000 ) Abel Prize ( 2004 ) |
He studied at the University of Michigan , then at the University of Chicago . After that, he worked at the University of California at Los Angeles , then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
The main works in the field of algebraic topology , especially at the junction with functional analysis , where Singer made his main contribution to mathematics, together with Atiye, proved a theorem on the index of an elliptic operator , which solved the problem posed by I. M. Gelfand in the early 1950s .
Laureate of the Abel Prize ( 2004 , together with M. Atiye) and the Steel Prize ( 2000 ). He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a full member of the American Mathematical Society . [five]
Links
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson . Singer, Isador (Eng.) - biography in the MacTutor archive.
- 2000 Steele Prizes
- Science Lives: Isadore Singer - biography on the Simons Foundation website. (eng.)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 108738523 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ http://global.britannica.com/biography/Isadore-Manuel-Singer
- ↑ Archive for the history of mathematics MacTyutor
- ↑ Mathematical Genealogy - 1997.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society . Date of treatment August 8, 2013. Archived on August 13, 2013.