George Piranian

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George Piranian
Theodore Kaczynski

George Piranian (Armenian: Գևորգ Փիրանեան; May 2, 1914 – August 31, 2009) was a Swiss-American mathematician.[1] Piranian was internationally known for his research in complex analysis, his association with Paul Erdős, and his editing of the Michigan Mathematical Journal.[2][3]

Early life and education

Piranian was born in

Rhodes scholar, Piranian first "tasted blood" in mathematics at Hertford College, Oxford
.

After returning to the United States, Piranian earned his

Ph.D. in mathematics under Szolem Mandelbrojt at Rice University (1943). Piranian's dissertation was entitled A Study of the Position and Nature of the Singularities of Functions Given by Their Taylor Series.[4]

Piranian joined the faculty at University of Michigan in 1945.

Michigan Mathematical Journal

See also: Michigan Mathematical Journal

In 1952, Piranian, along with Paul Erdős, Fritz Herzog and Arthur J. Lohwater, founded the Michigan Mathematical Journal; leadership in editing was assumed by Piranian in 1954. Piranian co-authored a research paper with Erdős and Herzog;[5] as a consequence he has an Erdős number of one.

Piranian's editing was renowned in mathematics.[6][7]

Teaching

Piranian's teaching captivated several future research mathematicians.

College of Literature, Science and the Arts
at the University of Michigan.

Teaching of Theodore Kaczynski

In the 1960s, Piranian taught and advised

Unabomber
crimes and later pled guilty.

References

  1. ^ Dedication to George Piranian. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. ^ georgepiranian.info Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ georgepiranian.com.
  4. ^ George Piranian at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ISSN 0021-7670
    .
  6. ^ Walter Rudin. In the Piranian festschrift, of the Michigan Mathematical Journal.
  7. ^ Steven Krantz. "Acknowlegment" in A Handbook of Mathematical Writing.
  8. ^ Page xi in Sarason: Sarason, Donald (2007). Complex function theory (2 ed.).
    ISBN 978-0-8218-4428-1
    .
  9. ^ Sarason, Donald (1994). Complex function theory (first ed.). Henry E. Helson.
  10. ^ Profs.: suspect was quiet, analytical Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
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