Leonard Carlitz
| Leonard Carlitz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 26, 1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 17, 1999 (aged 91) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Duke University |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Mitchell |
| Doctoral students |
Waleed Al-Salam David Roselle (among 44) |
| Known for |
Combinatorics Number theory Polynomial rings prolific publication |
Leonard Carlitz (December 26, 1907 – September 17, 1999) was an American mathematician. Carlitz supervised 44 doctorates at Duke University and published over 770 papers.
Leonard Carlitz published about 771 technical papers comprising approximately 7,000 pages. The effort to edit his collected works, undertaken originally by Professor John Brillhart, is ongoing.
^ Joel V. Brawley, John Brillhart and Henry W. Gould, "Recollections of Leonard Carlitz", Acta Arithmetica, Vol. 152(2012), No. 4, 361–372. ^ Joel V. Brawley, John Brillhart, and Henry W. Gould (editors), "The publications of Leonard Carlitz", Acta Arithmetica. Vol. 152(2012), No. 4, 373–405. Annotated Catalogue of Carlitz's 773 publications.
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