Andrew Ranicki

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Andrew Ranicki (2008)

Andrew Alexander Ranicki (birth name Andrzej Aleksander Ranicki ; born on December 30, 1948 in London ; died on February 21, 2018 in Edinburgh ) was a British mathematician in the field of algebraic topology and professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh .

Live and act

Ranicki was the son of the literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013) and the artist Teofila Reich-Ranicki (1920–2011); the family spoke Polish. He grew up in Warsaw , Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg and attended school in England from the age of sixteen. Ranicki studied mathematics at Cambridge University and graduated in 1969. In Cambridge he was a student of topologists Andrew Casson and John Frank Adams and received his doctorate in 1973 on the algebraic L-theory . Ranicki received numerous awards and honors for his scientific achievements during his studies. From 1972 to 1977 he was a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge .

From 1977 to 1982 he was Assistant Professor at Princeton University , Lecturer at Edinburgh University since 1982 and Reader since 1987 . In 1992 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Since 1995 Ranicki has held the Chair of Algebraic Surgery at the University of Edinburgh . He stayed several times as a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, most recently in 2011.

Private

Ranicki had been married to the American paleontologist Ida Thompson since 1979 and had a daughter and a grandson.

Most recently Ranicki suffered from leukemia ; he died in the presence of his wife.

Fonts

  • Exact sequences in the algebraic theory of surgery (= Mathematical Notes. 26). Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1981, ISBN 0-691-08276-6 .
  • as editor with Norman Levitt, Frank Quinn : Algebraic and geometric topology. Proceedings of a Conference held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA, July 6-13, 1983 (= Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 1126). Springer, Berlin et al. 1985, ISBN 3-540-15235-0 .
  • Lower K- and L-Theory (= London Mathematical Society. Lecture Notes Series. 178). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1992, ISBN 0-521-43801-2 .
  • Algebraic Theory and Topological Manifolds (= Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. 102). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1992, ISBN 0-521-42024-5 .
  • with Bruce Hughes: Ends of complexes (= Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. 123). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1996, ISBN 0-521-57625-3 .
  • as editor with Steven C. Ferry, Jonathan Rosenberg : Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems and Rigidity. Oberwolfach 1993 (= London Mathematical Society. Lecture Notes Series. 226-227). 2 volumes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1995, ISBN 0-521-49796-5 (Vol. 1), ISBN 0-521-49795-7 (Vol. 2).
  • as editor: The Principal Guess Book. A Collection of Papers of the Topology of Manifolds (= -monographs in mathematics. 1). Kluwer, Dordrecht et al. 1996, ISBN 0-7923-4174-0 .
  • High dimensional knot theory. Algebraic Surgery in Codimension 2. Springer, Berlin et al. 1998, ISBN 3-540-63389-8 .
  • as editor with David Lewis, Eva Bayer-Fluckiger : Quadratic forms and their applications. Proceedings of the Conference on Quadratic Forms and Their Applications, July 5-9, 1999, University College Dublin (= Contemporary Mathematics. 272). American Mathematical Society, Providence RI 2000, ISBN 0-8218-2779-0 .
  • as editor with Sylvain Cappell , Jonathan Rosenberg: Surveys on Surgery Theory. Papers dedicated to CTC Wall (= Annals of Mathematics Studies. 145 and 149). 2 volumes. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2000-2001, ISBN 0-691-04937-8 (Vol. 1), ISBN 0-691-08814-4 (Vol. 2).
  • Algebraic and Geometric Surgery. Clarendon Press, Oxford et al. 2002, ISBN 0-19-850924-3 .
  • as editor: Noncommutative localization in algebra and topology (= London Mathematical Society. Lecture Note Series. 330). Cambridge University Press Cambridge et al. 2006, ISBN 0-521-68160-X .

Web links

Commons : Andrew Ranicki  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrew Ranicki's website (accessed January 30, 2019).
  2. ↑ a b Thomas Anz : On the death of Andrew Ranicki, son of Teofila and Marcel Reich-Ranicki , literaturkritik.de , February 22, 2018
  3. ↑ Emilia Smechowski : “He had the force of a Niagara Falls” , interview in TAZ , September 13, 2014, p. 32 f.
  4. ↑ Volker Hage , Martin Doerry : Spiegel talk: "I never asked" , Der Spiegel , May 26, 2014
  5. ↑ Andrew Ranicki in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / name used
  6. ↑ CV of Andrew Ranicki (pdf; 112 kB)
  7. ↑ List of Fellows, page 33 u. 195 (Link to pdf)
  8. ↑ Personal Chair of Algebraic Surgery - University of Edinburgh, Communications & Marketing (pdf; 58 kB)
  9. ↑ engl. "Chair of Algebraic Surgery". "Surgery" here is a procedure from the low-dimensional topology .
  10. ↑ Johannes Seiler: “Mathematics is a drug!” A conversation with Andrew Ranicki , Bonner General-Anzeiger from 8./9. January 2011 on the website of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn
  11. ↑ https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/kultur/nichts-mit-literatur/
  12. ↑ https://www.buchmarkt.de/mektiven/literaturhaus-frankfurt-bueste-von-marcel-reich-ranicki-enthuellt/
personal data
SURNAME Ranicki, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ranicki, Andrzej Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British mathematician and professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2018
Place of death Edinburgh