Kenneth A. Ross

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Kenneth Allen Ross (born January 21, 1936 in Chicago ) is an American mathematician who deals with analysis and especially abstract harmonic analysis on topological groups.

Ross studied at the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in 1956 and at the University of Washington with a master's degree in 1958 and a doctorate with Edwin Hewitt in 1960 (Studies in Semi-Groups) 1961 to 1964, he was an assistant professor at the University of Rochester and 1964/65 Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University . In 1964 he became an associate professor and later professor at the University of Oregon . In 2000 he was retired.

He and Edwin Hewitt wrote the standard Abstract Harmonic Analysis .

He also deals with (probabilistic) mathematics of baseball and he wrote an introductory analysis textbook.

In 1980/81 he was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia .

In 1995/96 he was President of the Mathematical Association of America and its secretary from 1984 to 1989. From 1967 to 1970 he was a Sloan Research Fellow .

Fonts

  • with Edwin Hewitt: Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften , Springer Verlag, Vol. 1, 1963, 2nd edition 1979, Vol. 2 1970
  • Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics , Springer, 1980, 2nd edition 2013.
  • with Charles RB Wright: Discrete Mathematics, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition 2013
  • A mathematician at the ball park: odds and probabilities for baseball fans, Pi Press 2004, Paperback edition at Plume 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ Kenneth A. Ross in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Kenneth A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ross, Kenneth Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago