Irving Kaplansky
Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician.
Irving Kaplansky | |
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| Born | March 22, 1917 Toronto |
| Died | June 25, 2006 (age 89) Los Angeles |
| Nationality | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Harvard University |
| Known for | Erdős–Kaplansky theorem Kaplansky density theorem Kaplansky's game Kaplansky's conjecture Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms Group theory Hilbert space Ring theory Operator algebras Homological algebra Topological algebra Game theory Field theory |
| Awards | William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (1938) Guggenheim Fellowship (1948) Jeffery–Williams Prize (1968) Honorary member of the London Mathematical Society (1987) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | American Mathematical Society Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Institute for Advanced Study University of Chicago Columbia University University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Saunders Mac Lane |
| Doctoral students | Hyman Bass Susanna S. Epp Günter Lumer Eben Matlis Jacob Matijevic Donald Ornstein Ed Posner Alex F. T. W. Rosenberg Joseph J. Rotman Judith D. Sally Harold Widom |
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