Joseph L. Taylor

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Joseph Lawrence Taylor ( April 7, 1941 - July 28, 2016 in Salt Lake City , Utah ) was an American mathematician .

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Taylor studied at Louisiana State University , where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1964. received his doctorate . His doctoral supervisor was Pasquale Porcelli . From 1964 to 1965 he was a lecturer at Harvard University . In 1965 he moved to the University of Utah , where he was initially an assistant professor, later an associate professor and in 1971 became a full professor. In 1969 he became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellowship ). In 1975 he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for his work Measure algebras . From 1979 to 1982 he headed the Mathematics Department, from 1985 to 1987 he was Dean and from 1987 to 1990 Academic Vice President of the University of Utah.

Fonts

  • The structure of convolution measure algebras. Dissertation. The Louisiana State University, 1964. Abstract in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. Vol. 119, No. 1, 1965, pp. 150-166, ISSN  0002-9947 ( JSTOR 1994236 ).
  • Measure algebras (= Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Regional conference series in mathematics. Volume 16). American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island 1973, ISBN 0-8218-1666-7 ( partially digitized ); Reprint: 1979.
  • Several complex variables with connections to algebraic geometry and Lie groups (= Graduate studies in mathematics. Volume 46). American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Iceland 2002, ISBN 0-8218-3178-X ( Teildigitalisat ).
  • Complex variables (= Pure and applied undergraduate texts. Volume 16). American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island 2011, ISBN 978-0-8218-6901-7 (with picture of the author on the back of the book, partially digitized ).
  • Foundations of Analysis (= Pure and applied undergraduate texts. Volume 18). American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island 2012, ISBN 978-0-8218-8984-8 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (English) , accessed on April 17, 2017
  2. ^ The Leroy P Steele Prize of the AMS
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Joseph L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Joseph Lawrence (full name); Taylor, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1941
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2016
Place of death Salt Lake City , Utah