Stephen Schanuel
American mathematician
Stephen Schanuel | |
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| Born | (1933-07-14)14 July 1933 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | 21 July 2014(2014-07-21) (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Schanuel's conjecture Schanuel's lemma |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University at Buffalo |
| Doctoral advisor | Serge Lang |
| Doctoral students | W. Dale Brownawell |
Stephen H. Schanuel (14 July 1933 – 21 July 2014) was an American mathematician working in the fields of abstract algebra and category theory, number theory, and measure theory.[1][2]
Life
While he was a graduate student at University of Chicago, he discovered Schanuel's lemma, an essential lemma in homological algebra.[2] Schanuel received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1963, under the supervision of Serge Lang.[2]
Work
Shortly thereafter he stated a conjecture in the field of transcendental number theory, which remains an important open problem to this day.[2] Schanuel was a professor emeritus of mathematics at University at Buffalo.[1]
Books
- Lawvere, F. William; Schanuel, Stephen Hoel (2009) [1997]. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89485-2.
References
- ^ a b "Recent alumni deaths". Princeton Alumni Weekly. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Steve Schanuel has passed away". University at Buffalo, Mathematics Department. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
External links
- Stephen Schanuel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Schanuel's Conjecture". MathWorld.
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