Raymond Ayoub
Raymond George Dimitri Ayoub (born January 2, 1923 in Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada , † January 5, 2013 ) was a Canadian-American mathematician.
Ayoub's parents had emigrated to Canada from Syria in the early 20th century (he spoke Arabic as a child and learned French first and then English). He grew up in Montreal. He studied mathematics at McGill University . After graduating in 1943, he worked as a meteorologist at Goose Bay in Labrador for air transports to England during World War II. After the war, he continued his mathematics studies, received his master’s degree from McGill University in 1946, was a lecturer there from 1947 to 1949 and received his doctorate in 1950 from the University of Illinois under Hua Luogeng . As a post-doctoral student , he was Benjamin Peirce Instructor at Harvard University from 1950 to 1952 . In 1952 he became an assistant professor and later professor at Penn State University . He built Penn State's graduate program in mathematics (shortly before his arrival, the first student received a doctorate in mathematics). In 1984 he retired. At times he was a member of the university senate and headed the mathematics department for two periods.
In 1984/85 he was visiting professor at King Saud University in Riyadh . 1986/87 he was professor at the University of Bethlehem (with a Fulbright scholarship). He then taught in Morocco, Syria (also with a Fulbright scholarship) and in 1995 in Jordan.
Ayoub was visiting professor and visiting scholar at the University of Frankfurt, the IHES and the University of Warwick. He was Governor of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for two years and Associate Secretary of the American Mathematical Society for seven years .
He dealt with number theory. He wrote a textbook on analytical number theory (written at Harvard in 1959/60, for which he received a scholarship from the American Mathematical Society).
He was married to the mathematician Christine Williams Ayoub since 1950 (daughter of one of his professors - Lloyd Williams - at McGill University). With her he had two daughters. At first he was Greek Orthodox, later a Quaker, where he also published on the history of the Quakers. From 1985 he was involved in the establishment of a senior citizens' settlement for Quakers (Foxdale Village), where he also lived.
He was an American citizen.
Fonts
- (Editor): Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections, MAA 2004
- An Introduction to the Analytic Theory of Numbers, AMS 1963
Web links
- Obituary , Cook Funeral Home
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ayoub, Raymond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ayoub, Raymond George Dimitri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sherbrooke |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 2013 |