Arthur Mattuck

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Arthur Paul Mattuck
Born (1930-06-13) June 13, 1930 (age 91)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materPrinceton University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisAbelian Varieties over P-Adic Ground Fields (1954)
Doctoral advisorEmil Artin
Doctoral studentsAlberto Collino
Websitemath.mit.edu/~apm/

Arthur Paul Mattuck (born June 13, 1930) is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He may be best known for his 1998 book, Introduction to Analysis (ISBN 013-0-81-1327) and his differential equations video lectures featured on MIT's OpenCourseWare.[citation needed]

Mattuck was a student of Emil Artin at Princeton University, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1954.[2]

Recognition[]

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]

Personal life[]

From 1959 to 1977 Mattuck was married to chemist Joan Berkowitz.[4] Mattuck is quoted extensively in Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash A Beautiful Mind.

References[]

  1. ^ Debus, A.G.; Marquis Who's Who, Inc (1968). World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. 2. Marquis-Who's Who, Incorporated. ISBN 9780837910017. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  2. ^ Arthur Mattuck at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-02-02.
  4. ^ "Sylvia M. Stoesser Lectures in Chemistry: Joan B. Berkowitz". Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2011-07-07.

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