James Allister Jenkins
James Allister Jenkins (born September 23, 1923 in Toronto , Ontario , † September 16, 2012 in Lock Haven , Pennsylvania ) was an American mathematician .
Life
Jenkins received his PhD from Harvard University in 1948 . Managers of his dissertation was Lars Ahlfors . Jenkins was initially a professor at the University of Notre Dame , and later at Washington University in St. Louis , where he remained until his retirement.
Jenkins' main area of work was function theory , such as conformal mappings.
In 1962 he was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Stockholm .
Publications
- Univalent Functions and conformal mapping (1965, Springer), ISBN 978-3-642-88563-1
- Solving Mathematical Problems: Insight and Discovery, Learning and Teaching (1979, Springer), ISBN 978-3-0348-4105-4
Web links
- Washington University Obituary
- Obituary at http://www.legacy.com (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 20, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of Mathematical Sciences (August 2014, Volume 200, pp. 519-520)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenkins, James Allister |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2012 |
| Place of death | Lock Haven , Pennsylvania |