Kenneth Kunen
Herbert Kenneth Kunen (born August 2, 1943 in New York City , † August 14, 2020 ) was an American mathematician.
He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , who worked on set theory and its applications in many branches of mathematics, e. B. in topology and measure theory , but also worked on non-associative algebraic systems, such as quasi-groups .
Kunen received his Ph.D. 1968 from Stanford University with Dana Scott . In 1969 he became a Sloan Research Fellow .
Publications
- Set Theory: An Introduction to Independence Proofs . North-Holland, 1980. ISBN 0-444-85401-0 .
- with Jerry E. Vaughan: Handbook of Set-Theoretic Topology . North-Holland, 1984. ISBN 0-444-86580-2 .
Web links
- Ken Kunen's Home Page - at the University of Wisconsin
- In memoriam: Ken Kunen - at the University of Wisconsin
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.math.wisc.edu/~apache/emeriti.html
- ↑ Kenneth Kunen in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunen, Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kunen, Herbert Kenneth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician, professor of mathematics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2020 |