Stephen Schanuel
| Stephen Schanuel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 14, 1933 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | July 21, 2014 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University at Buffalo |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Serge Lang |
| Doctoral students |
W. Dale Brownawell Beifang Chen |
| Known for |
Schanuel's conjecture Schanuel's lemma |
Stephen H. Schanuel (1934—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]
References
- 1 2 "Recent alumni deaths". Princeton Alumni Weekly. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "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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