Nachman Aronszajn
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Born | Maurice René Fréchet Stefan Mazurkiewicz | 26 July 1907
Nachman Aronszajn (26 July 1907 – 5 February 1980Polish 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
- ISBN 3-527-40330-2.
- ^ Magill, K. D. Jr. (1996), "An interview with John Isbell", Topology Communications, 1 (2).
- JSTOR 1990404.
External links
- Nachman Aronszajn on Scientific Commons.
- Guide to the Nachman Aronszajn Collection – personal papers of Nachman Aronszajn, 1951–1977
- Nachman Aronszajn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project