Bjarni Jónsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Bjarni.
Bjarni Jónsson
Born (1920-02-15)February 15, 1920
Dragháls, Iceland
Died September 30, 2016(2016-09-30) (aged 96)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality Icelandic
Fields Mathematics, logic
Institutions Brown University
Vanderbilt University
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor Alfred Tarski
Doctoral students Peter Fillmore
Frederick Galvin

Bjarni Jónsson (February 15, 1920 – September 30, 2016)[1] was an Icelandic mathematician and logician working in universal algebra and lattice theory. He was emeritus Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University and the honorary editor in chief of Algebra Universalis. He received his PhD in 1946 at UC Berkeley under supervision of Alfred Tarski.[2][3]

Several mathematical objects are named for him, among them Jónsson algebras, ω-Jónsson functions, Jónsson cardinals, Jónsson terms, Jónsson–Tarski algebras and Jónsson–Tarski duality.

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ American Men & Women of Science - Volume 4. R.R. Bowker Company. Database Publishing Group. 2009. p. 148. ISBN 0787665274.
  2. ↑ Bjarni Jónsson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ↑ Salisbury, David. "Noted algebraist Bjarni Jónsson dies". vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-26.


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