Michael O'Nan
Michael Ernest O'Nan (born August 9, 1943 in Fort Knox , Kentucky , † July 31, 2017 in Plainsboro Township , New Jersey ) was an American mathematician who studied finite groups.
O'Nan received his PhD from Princeton University in 1970 with Daniel Gorenstein ( A Characterization of the Three-Dimensional Projective Unitary Group over a Finite Field ). He was a professor at Rutgers University until 2011 . In 1976 he found a sporadic group named after him. It was designed by Charles Sims . In 1974 he became a Sloan Research Fellow .
Fonts
- Linear Algebra (= Eagle Mathematics Series. Vol. 2A). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York NY et al. 1971, ISBN 0-15-518558-6 (2nd edition. Ibid. 1976, ISBN 0-15-518560-8 ; 3rd edition. With Herbert Enderton. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego CA et al. 1990 , ISBN 0-15-551008-8 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael E. O'Nan, PhD, 73. centraljersey.com, August 1, 2017, accessed August 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael O'Nan in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ Michael E. O'Nan: Some evidence for the existence of a new simple group. In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. 3rd Series, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1976, ISSN 0024-6115 , pp. 421-479, doi : 10.1112 / plms / s3-32.3.421 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Nan, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Nan, Michael Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Knox , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2017 |
| Place of death | Plainsboro Township , New Jersey |