Joseph R. Shoenfield
American mathematician (1927–2000)
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Joseph Robert Shoenfield (May 1, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan – November 15, 2000, in Durham, North Carolina) was an American mathematical logician.
Joseph Robert Shoenfield | |
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| Born | Detroit, Michigan, US |
| Died | November 15, 2000 (aged 73) Durham, North Carolina, US |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Known for | Shoenfield absoluteness theorem |
| Awards | Gödel Lecture (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical logic |
| Institutions | Duke University |
| Thesis | Models of Formal Systems (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Raymond Louis Wilder[1] |
Education
Shoenfield obtained his PhD in 1953 with Raymond Louis Wilder at the University of Michigan (Models of formal systems).
Career
From 1952, he lectured at Duke University, where he remained until becoming emeritus in 1992. From 1970 to 1973 he was president of the mathematics faculty. In 1956/57 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. Shoenfield worked on recursion theory, model theory and axiomatic set theory. His textbook on mathematical logic has become a classic.[2]
Honors
From 1972 to 1976 he was president of the Association for Symbolic Logic. He delivered the Gödel Lecture at the 1992 meeting of the ASL.[3]
Hobbies
In his student days, Schoenfield was a contract bridge player. He was an early member[4] of the American Go Association; the memorial tournament in North Carolina was founded in his memory.[5]