Allen Shields
American mathematician (1927–1989)
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Allen Lowell Shields (May 7, 1927 – September 16, 1989) was an American mathematician who worked on measure theory, complex analysis, functional analysis and operator theory,[1][2][3] and was "one of the world's leading authorities on spaces of analytic functions."[4]
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Born
May 7, 1927
Allen Lowell Shields
May 7, 1927
New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 16, 1989 (aged 62)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
FieldsMathematics
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| Born | Allen Lowell Shields May 7, 1927 New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 1989 (aged 62) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | City College of New York (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | On Additive Properties of Real Numbers (1952) |
| Doctoral advisor | Witold Hurewicz |
| Other academic advisors | Raphaël Salem |
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Shields was a student of Witold Hurewicz.[5]
A special issue of The Mathematical Intelligencer, for which he served as editor of the "Years Ago" column, was dedicated to his memory in 1990.[4]
Notable students
Shields directed a large number of doctoral dissertations,[4][5] including the 1967 PhD thesis of Theodore Kaczynski, the future 'Unabomber', titled "Boundary Functions".[5]