Stephen Schanuel
Stephen Schanuel | |
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Born | St. Louis, Missouri | 14 July 1933
Died | 21 July 2014 | (aged 81)
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Known for | Schanuel's conjecture Schanuel's lemma |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University at Buffalo |
Doctoral advisor | Serge Lang |
Doctoral students | W. Dale Brownawell |
Stephen H. Schanuel (14 July 1933 – 21 July 2014) was an American mathematician working in the fields of abstract algebra and category theory, number theory, and measure theory.[1][2]
Life[]
While he was a graduate student at University of Chicago, he discovered Schanuel's lemma, an essential lemma in homological algebra.[2] Schanuel received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1963, under the supervision of Serge Lang.[2]
Work[]
Shortly thereafter he stated a conjecture in the field of transcendental number theory, which remains an important open problem to this day.[2] Schanuel was a professor emeritus of mathematics at University at Buffalo.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Recent alumni deaths". Princeton Alumni Weekly. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Steve Schanuel has passed away". University at Buffalo, Mathematics Department. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Columbia University alumni
- University at Buffalo faculty
- People from St. Louis
- Mathematicians from Missouri
- Algebraists