Maxwell Rosenlicht
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| Born | April 15, 1924 |
| Died | January 22, 1999 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Awards | Cole Prize (1960) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Northwestern University |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
| Doctoral students | Michael F. Singer Robert Henry Risch |
Maxwell Alexander Rosenlicht (April 15, 1924 – January 22, 1999) was an American mathematician known for works in algebraic geometry, algebraic groups, and differential algebra.
Rosenlicht attended high school in Brooklyn (
Putnam fellow twice, in 1946 and 1947.[1] He was awarded his doctorate on algebraic curve equivalence concepts in 1950. In 1952, he moved to Northwestern University. From 1958 until his retirement in 1991, he was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a visiting professor in Mexico City, IHÉS
, Rome, Leiden, and at Harvard University.
In 1960, he shared the
He also studied the algorithmic algebraic theory of integration.Rosenlicht was a Fulbright Fellow and 1954 Guggenheim Fellow.
He died of neurological disease on a trip to Hawaii. Rosenlicht married in 1954 and had four children.
Publications
- Rosenlicht, Maxwell (1968). "Liouville's Theorem on Functions with Elementary integral". Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 24 (1): 153–161. .
- Introduction to Analysis. Glenview: Scott, Foresman. 1968. ISBN 9780486650388.
- Rosenlicht, Maxwell (1972). "Integration in Finite Terms". JSTOR 2318066.
References
- The article was initially created as a translation (by Google) of the corresponding article in German Wikipedia.
- ^ "Putnam Competition Individual and Team Winners". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- JSTOR 1969715.
- JSTOR 1970118.
External links
- Maxwell Rosenlicht at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Obituary, Berkeley
- Rosenlicht at University of California, Berkeley
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