Hyman Bass
| Hyman Bass | |
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| Born |
October 5, 1932 (age 84) Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Columbia University, Barnard College, University of Michigan |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Irving Kaplansky |
| Doctoral students | Tsit Yuen Lam |
| Known for |
algebraic K-theory commutative algebra algebraic geometry algebraic groups Riemann zeta function |
| Notable awards |
National Medal of Science (2006) Cole Prize (1975) |
Hyman Bass (born October 5, 1932) is an American mathematician, known for work in algebra and in mathematics education. From 1959 to 1998 he was Professor in the Mathematics Department at Columbia University, where he is now professor emeritus. He is currently the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan.
Born in Houston, Texas, he earned his B.A. in 1955 from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in 1959 from the University of Chicago. His thesis, titled Global dimensions of rings, was written under the supervision of Irving Kaplansky.
He has held visiting appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,IHES and ENS (Paris), Tata Institute (Bombay), University of Cambridge, UC Berkeley, University of Rome, IMPA (Rio), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mittag-Leffler Institute (Stockholm), and the University of Utah. He was president of the American Mathematical Society.
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