Stephen Schanuel

Stephen Schanuel
Born July 14, 1933
St. Louis, Missouri
Died July 21, 2014
Nationality United States
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University at Buffalo
Alma mater Columbia University
Doctoral advisor Serge Lang
Doctoral students W. Dale Brownawell
Beifang Chen
Known for Schanuel's conjecture
Schanuel's lemma

Stephen H. Schanuel (1934—2014) was an American mathematician working in the fields of abstract algebra and category theory, number theory, and measure theory.[1][2]

Life

While he was a graduate student at University of Chicago, he discovered Schanuel's lemma, an essential lemma in homological algebra.[2] Schanuel received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1963, under the supervision of Serge Lang.[2]

Work

Shortly thereafter he stated a conjecture in the field of transcendental number theory, which remains an important open problem to this day.[2] Schanuel was a professor emeritus of mathematics at University at Buffalo.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Recent alumni deaths". Princeton Alumni Weekly. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Steve Schanuel has passed away". University at Buffalo, Mathematics Department. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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