Irving Kaplansky

2006-08-17T05:58:00.000-07:00

这是整个20世纪相当优秀的代数学家，意想不到的是这位在今年6月25日去世了。下面是美国数学会6月26日的新闻：

Kaplansky died on June 25 at the age of 89. He made significant contributions to algebra and other fields, and was the author of many important texts. He was on the winning team, from the University of Toronto, of the first Putnam competition in 1938 and was the first Putnam Fellow. Kaplansky received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1941 under the direction of Saunders Mac Lane. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1945 to 1984, serving as chair from 1962 to 1967. Kaplansky was director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute from 1984 to 1992. He was very active in AMS governance and in its publications, serving as AMS president from 1985 to 1986. Kaplansky was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was an honorary member of the London Mathematical Society. He received the Leroy P. Steele Prize Career Award (now called Lifetime Achievement) in 1989 for "his lasting impact on mathematics, particularly mathematics in America." In his response to the award, he gave this advice: "spend some time every day learning something new that is disjoint from the problem on which you are currently working (remember that this disjointness may be temporary), and read the masters." More information about Kaplansky is available online.

下面是中文。 6月25 日，89岁高龄的卡普兰斯基逝世。他在代数学等领域作出了杰出的贡献，并且是许多重要的教科书的作者。他是1938年在普特南竞赛中取胜的多伦多大学团队的一员，并且是第一届普特南奖得主。1941年，卡普兰斯基在莱恩的指导下获得哈佛大学的博士学位。1945年到1984年他在芝加格大学任教，并在1962到1967年出任系主任。从1982年到1992年他担任msri的所长。1985年到1986年担任美国数学会主席期间，他在ams的行政和公众事务中都很活跃。卡普兰斯基是国家科学院、艺术与科学学院成员，并且是伦敦数学会荣誉会员。1989年，由于他“对数学尤其是美国数学的持续影响”而获得了斯迪尔终身成就奖，在他的得奖发言中，他提出了这样的建议：“每天花一点时间学习一些新的东西（也许）会让扰乱你当前研究的问题（（但是）要记住这种扰乱是暂时的），要阅读大师（的作品）”。在线查看关于卡普兰斯基的更多信息。

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Irving Kaplansky