Felix Browder
Felix Browder | |
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Born | Joshua Browder (grandson) | July 31, 1927
Awards | National Medal of Science (1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Rutgers University, New Brunswick University of Chicago Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz Witold Hurewicz |
Doctoral students | Richard Beals Thomas K. Donaldson Roger D. Nussbaum |
Felix Earl Browder (
Early life and education
Felix Earl Browder was born in 1927 in
Felix Browder was a child prodigy in mathematics; he entered
Career
Browder had an academic career, encountering difficulty in the 1950s in getting work during the
Browder headed the
Browder received the 1999 National Medal of Science.[7][6] He also served as president of the American Mathematical Society from 1999 to 2000.
In his outgoing presidential address at the American Mathematical Society, Browder noted, "ideas and techniques from one set of mathematical sources imping[ing] fruitfully on the same thing from another set of mathematical sources" as illustration of
Browder was known for his personal library, which contained some thirty-five thousand books. "The library has a number of different categories," he said. "There is mathematics, physics and science as well as philosophy, literature and history, with a certain number of volumes of contemporary political science and economics. It is a polymath library. I am interested in everything and my library reflects all my interests."[9][page needed]
Family
Browder married Eva Tislowitz in 1949, born to Jewish parents. Their children included Thomas Browder,[10] a physicist specializing in the experimental study of subatomic particles, and Bill Browder, who became CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and resides in London.
The late Dr. Browder had two younger brothers who were also research mathematicians,
See also
- Earl Browder, father
- William Browder (mathematician), brother
- Andrew Browder, brother
- Bill Browder, son
- Joshua Browdergrandson
References
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Felix Browder", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- ^ a b "Brown University Mathematics Department". Math.brown.edu. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Levy, Clifford J. (July 24, 2008). "An Investment Gets Trapped in Kremlin's Vise". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
For Mr. Browder, 44, Russia was more than a place to do business. His grandfather Earl Browder was a Communist from Kansas who moved to the Soviet Union in 1927, staying for several years and marrying a Russian. He returned with her to the United States to lead the Communist Party for a time, even running for president.
- ^ Alexander Vassiliev (1999). The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America--the Stalin Era. Random House.
- ^ "Putnam Competition Individual and Team Winners". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Mathematics Department - News Item: Felix Browder Receives Nation's Highest Science Honor". Math.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on May 16, 2000. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ F. Browder (2002) "Reflections on the Future of Mathematics", Notices of the American Mathematical Society 49(6): 658–62
- ^ M Cook (2009), Mathematicians : An Outer View of an Inner World, Princeton University Press
- ^ "Home page for Tom Browder". Phys.hawaii.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (December 15, 2016). "Felix Browder, mathematician shadowed by his father's life as a Communist, dies at 89". Washington Post. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
External links
- Rutger's announcement
- AMS Presidents: A Timeline
- Brezis, Haïm (August 2018). "Felix Browder (1927–2016)" (PDF). doi:10.1090/noti1757.