John Wermer | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-04-04)April 4, 1927 |
| Died | August 29, 2022(2022-08-29) (aged 95) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Yale University Brown University |
| Thesis | On the Harmonic Analysis of Certain Groups and Semi-Groups of Operators (1951) |
| George Mackey[1] | |
John Wermer was a mathematician specializing in complex analysis.[2]
Wermer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1951 under the supervision of George Whitelaw Mackey.[3] He became an instructor at Yale University, after which he was hired as a professor at Brown University in 1954. He retired in 1994.[4]
In 1962 Wermer was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm.[5]
In 2012, Wermer became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
On August 29, 2022, Wermer died in Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 95. [7]
References
- John Wermer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "Brown University Mathematics Department". www.math.brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25.
- John Wermer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "Obituary information for John Wermer". www.mkds.com.
- "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". www.mathunion.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
- List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- "John Wermer". The Providence Journal. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-23.