Peter J. Freyd
| Peter J. Freyd | |
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| Born |
February 5, 1936 (age 81) Evanston, Illinois |
| Fields | Category theory |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Known for |
Freyd–Mitchell theorem HOMFLY polynomial Allegory |
Peter J. Freyd (born February 5, 1936, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American mathematician, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for work in category theory and for founding the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.
Freyd is perhaps best known for the Adjoint functor Theorem. He was the author of the foundational book Abelian Categories: An Introduction to the Theory of Functors. This work culminates in a proof of the Freyd-Mitchell embedding theorem. See also p. 278 of Herrlich & Strecker citation on Categorical Topology. In addition, Freyd's name is associated with the HOMFLYPT polynomial of knot theory, and he and Scedrov originated the concept of (mathematical) allegories.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Freyd and his wife Pamela founded the False Memory Syndrome Foundation in 1992, after Freyd was accused of sexual abuse by his daughter Jennifer. Freyd denies the accusations.
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