Oscar Zariski
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Oscar Zariski (April 24, 1899 – July 4, 1986) was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
Education
Zariski was born Oscher (also transliterated as Ascher or Osher) Zaritsky to a Jewish family (his parents were Bezalel Zaritsky and Hanna Tennenbaum) and in 1918 studied at the
Zariski wrote a doctoral dissertation in 1924 on a topic in Galois theory, which was proposed to him by Castelnuovo. At the time of his dissertation publication, he changed his name to Oscar Zariski.
Johns Hopkins University years
Zariski emigrated to the United States in 1927 supported by Solomon Lefschetz. He had a position at Johns Hopkins University where he became professor in 1937. During this period, he wrote Algebraic Surfaces as a summation of the work of the Italian school. The book was published in 1935 and reissued 36 years later, with detailed notes by Zariski's students that illustrated how the field of algebraic geometry had changed. It is still an important reference.
It seems to have been this work that set the seal of Zariski's discontent with the approach of the Italians to
Harvard University years
After spending a year 1946–1947 at the
At Harvard, Zariski's students included
Zariski proposed the first example of a Zariski surface in 1958.
Views
Zariski was a
Awards and recognition
Zariski was elected to the United States
Publications
- Zariski, Oscar (2004) [1935],
- Zariski, Oscar (1958), Introduction to the problem of minimal models in the theory of algebraic surfaces, Publications of the Mathematical Society of Japan, vol. 4, The MR 0097403
- Zariski, Oscar (1969) [1958], Cohn, James (ed.), An Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Surfaces, Lecture notes in mathematics, vol. 83, Berlin, New York: MR 0263819
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- Zariski, Oscar (2006) [1973], Kmety, François; Merle, Michel; Lichtin, Ben (eds.), The moduli problem for plane branches, University Lecture Series, vol. 39, Providence, R.I.:
- Zariski, Oscar (1972), Collected papers. Vol. I: Foundations of algebraic geometry and resolution of singularities, Cambridge, Massachusetts-London: MR 0505100
- Zariski, Oscar (1973), Collected papers. Vol. II: Holomorphic functions and linear systems, Mathematicians of Our Time, Cambridge, Massachusetts-London: MR 0505100
- Zariski, Oscar (1978), MR 0505104
- Zariski, Oscar (1979), MR 0545653
See also
- Zariski ring
- Zariski tangent space
- Zariski surface
- Zariski topology
- Zariski–Riemann surface
- Zariski space (disambiguation)
- Zariski's lemma
- Zariski's main theorem
Notes
- ISBN 9780387094298.
And yet it did, even though since moving into the boarding house he had become an atheist and most of his friends, including his best friend, were Russians.
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- ^ "Oscar Zariski". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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References
- Blass, Piotr (2013), "The influence of Oscar Zariski on algebraic geometry" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society
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- Parikh, Carol (2009) [1991], The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski, Springer, MR 1086628
- Gouvêa, Fernando Q. (1 January 2009). "Review of The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski by Carol Parikh". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America, maa.org. Retrieved 26 September 2024.