Murray Gerstenhaber
American mathematician (1927–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Murray Gerstenhaber (June 5, 1927 – February 21, 2024) was an American mathematician and an academic of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, best known for his contributions to theoretical physics with his discovery of Gerstenhaber algebra. He was also a lawyer and a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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Murray Gerstenhaber | |
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Born | (1927-06-05)June 5, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 21, 2024(2024-02-21) (aged 96) |
Citizenship | American |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, professor of mathematics, lawyer, lecturer in law |
Known for | Gerstenhaber algebra Pre-Lie algebra |
Spouse | Ruth Priscilla Zager |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Pauline (née Rosenzweig) and Joseph Gerstenhaber |
Awards | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Yale University (BS) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Thesis | "Rings of Derivations" (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | Abraham Adrian Albert |
Academic work | |
Institutions | the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Main interests | Algebraic Deformation Theory, Universal Algebra, Quantum Groups, and Statistics for Law. |
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