Walter Rudin
| Walter Rudin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 2, 1921 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | May 20, 2010 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Alma mater | Duke University (B.A. 1947, Ph.D. 1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Jay Gergen |
| Doctoral students |
Charles Dunkl Daniel Rider |
| Known for | Mathematics textbooks; contributions to harmonic analysis and complex analysis |
| Notable awards | American Mathematical Society Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (1993) |
Walter Rudin (May 2, 1921 – May 20, 2010) was an Austrian-American mathematician and professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In addition to his contributions to complex and harmonic analysis, Rudin was known for his mathematical analysis textbooks: Principles of Mathematical Analysis,Real and Complex Analysis, and Functional Analysis (informally referred to by students as "Baby Rudin", "Papa Rudin", and "Grandpa Rudin", respectively). Principles of Mathematical Analysis was written when Rudin was C. L. E. Moore Instructor at MIT, only two years after obtaining his Ph.D. from Duke University. Principles, acclaimed for its elegance and clarity, has since become a standard textbook for introductory real analysis courses in the United States. Rudin's analysis textbooks have also been influential in mathematical education worldwide, having been translated into 13 languages, including Russian, Chinese, and Spanish.
Rudin was born into a Jewish family in Austria in 1921. They fled to France after the Anschluss in 1938. When France surrendered to Germany in 1940, Rudin fled to England and served in the British navy for the rest of the war. After the war he left for the United States, and earned his B.A. from Duke University in North Carolina in 1947, and two years later earned a Ph.D. from the same institution. After that he was a C.L.E. Moore instructor at MIT, briefly taught in the University of Rochester, before becoming a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He remained at the University for 32 years. His research interests ranged from harmonic analysis to complex analysis.
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