Joseph Wedderburn
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Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS (2 February 1882 – 9 October 1948) was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field, and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras. He also worked on group theory and matrix algebra.[2][3]
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Joseph Wedderburn | |
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Born | (1882-02-02)2 February 1882 Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
Died | 9 October 1948(1948-10-09) (aged 66) |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Known for | Wedderburn-Etherington number Artin–Wedderburn theorem |
Awards | MacDougall-Brisbane Gold Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | Princeton University |
Doctoral advisor | George Chrystal |
Doctoral students | Merrill Flood Nathan Jacobson Ernst Snapper |
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His younger brother was the lawyer Ernest Wedderburn.