Albert Baernstein II
Albert Baernstein II (born April 25, 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama , † June 10, 2014 in University City ) was an American mathematician .
Baernstein initially studied at the University of Alabama , but after a year moved to Cornell University , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962. After working for an insurance company for a year, he continued his studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , where he received his master's degree in 1964 and his doctorate in 1968. From 1968 to 1972 he was an assistant professor at Syracuse University , then he became a professor at Washington University in St. Louis , where he remained until his retirement in 2011.
The main area of work of Baernstein was analysis, especially function theory . Here he was particularly interested in symmetrization problems. His most important contribution here is the Baernstein * function that is named after him today. Originally he had introduced this to solve an extremal problem of the Nevanlinnaschen value distribution theory posed by Edrei . Later he and others applied it to various other problems.
In 1978 he was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Helsinki ( How the * -function solves extremal problems ).
literature
- David Drasin : Albert Baernstein II, 1941–2014 , Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 62 (2015), Issue 7, pp. 815–818.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baernstein, Albert II |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 2014 |
| Place of death | University City |