Isadore Singer
Isadore Manuel Singer (May 3, 1924 – February 11, 2021) was an American mathematician. He was an Emeritus Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Isadore Singer | |
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Singer in 1977 | |
| Born | May 3, 1924 |
| Died | February 11, 2021 (aged 96) Boxborough, Massachusetts, US |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan University of Chicago |
| Known for | Ambrose–Singer theorem Atiyah–Singer index theorem Atiyah–Hitchin–Singer theorem Ray–Singer torsion Kadison–Singer problem |
| Spouse |
Rosemary Singer (m. 1956) |
| Awards | Bôcher Memorial Prize (1969) National Medal of Science (1983) Wigner Medal (1988) Steele Prize (2000) Abel Prize (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Columbia University University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Irving Segal |
| Doctoral students | Richard L. Bishop Andrew Browder David G. Ebin Dan Freed John Lott Hugo Rossi Linda Rothschild Gerald Schwarz Nancy K. Stanton Frank W. Warner |
Singer is noted for his work with Michael Atiyah, proving the Atiyah–Singer index theorem in 1962, which paved the way for new interactions between pure mathematics and theoretical physics. In early 1980s, while a professor at Berkeley, Singer co-founded the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) with Shiing-Shen Chern and Calvin Moore.
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