Nachman Aronszajn

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Nachman Aronszajn
Born(1907-07-26)26 July 1907
Maurice René Fréchet
Stefan Mazurkiewicz

Nachman Aronszajn (26 July 1907 – 5 February 1980

Polish American mathematician. Aronszajn's main field of study was mathematical analysis, where he systematically developed the concept of reproducing kernel Hilbert space. He also contributed to mathematical logic
.

Life

An

Quaker, was fired for refusing to sign a newly instituted loyalty oath.[2]
Aronszajn retired in 1977. He was a Summerfield Distinguished Scholar from 1964 to his death.

Work

He introduced, together with

lexicographic orderings
of Aronszajn trees.

He also made a contribution to the theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert space. The Moore–Aronszajn theorem is named after him.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Magill, K. D. Jr. (1996), "An interview with John Isbell", Topology Communications, 1 (2).
  3. JSTOR 1990404
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