John Wermer
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John Wermer was a mathematician specializing in complex analysis.[2]
DiedAugust 29, 2022 (aged 95)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA, PhD)
FieldsMathematics
John Wermer | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 4, 1927 |
| Died | August 29, 2022 (aged 95) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Workplaces | Yale University Brown University |
| Thesis | On the Harmonic Analysis of Certain Groups and Semi-Groups of Operators (1951) |
| George Mackey[1] | |
Wermer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1951 under the supervision of George Whitelaw Mackey.[3] He became an instructor at Yale University, after which he was hired as a professor at Brown University in 1954. He retired in 1994.[4]
In 1962 Wermer was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm.[5]
In 2012, Wermer became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
On August 29, 2022, Wermer died in Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 95. [7]
