Roger Alperin

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Roger Charles Alperin (born January 8, 1947 ) is an American mathematician who deals with group theory and its geometric and topological applications.

Alperin studied at the University of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in 1969 and received his doctorate in 1973 from Rice University under Stephen M. Gersten (Whitehead Torsion of finite abelian groups). In 1973 he became an assistant professor at Brown University , in 1978 professor at the University of Oklahoma and since 1987 he has been a professor at San José State University .

He also studied the math of origami .

Fonts

  • Editor: Arboreal Group Theory . Proceedings of a Workshop held September 13-16, 1988, Berkeley, Springer Verlag 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ Roger Alperin in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  3. ↑ Alperin A mathematical theory of origami construction and numbers, pdf
personal data
SURNAME Alperin, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alperin, Roger Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1947