Eldon Dyer
(Sherman) Eldon Dyer (* 1929 in Texas ; † October 26, 1993 in Katonah , New York ) was an American mathematician who studied algebraic topology .
Dyer received his doctorate in 1952 from the University of Texas at Austin with Robert Lee Moore (Certain conditions under which the sum of the elements of a continuous collection of continua is an arc). In 1960 he became a Sloan Research Fellow . He taught at the University of Georgia , Johns Hopkins University , the University of Chicago and Rice University before becoming a professor at the City University of New York in 1966 . In 1971 he became a Distinguished Professor there.
In 1956/57 and 1973/74 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study .
He was a long-time mathematician at the Encyclopædia Britannica .
His PhD students included Jack Morava and Robion Kirby .
Fonts
- Cohomology Theories, New York: Benjamin 1969
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eldon Dyer in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dyer, Eldon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1993 |
| Place of death | Katonah |