Ellis Kolchin
Ellis Robert Kolchin (April 18, 1916 – October 30, 1991) was an American mathematician at Columbia University. Kolchin earned a doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University in 1941 under supervision of Joseph Ritt. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954 and 1961.
Ellis Kolchin | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1916 |
| Died | October 30, 1991 (aged 75) New York City, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Lie–Kolchin theorem Kolchin topology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Ritt |
| Doctoral students | Azriel Rosenfeld Irving Adler |
Kolchin worked on differential algebra and its relation to differential equations, and founded the modern theory of linear algebraic groups. His doctoral students include Azriel Rosenfeld and Irving Adler.
Publications
- Kolchin, E. R. (1985), Differential algebraic groups, Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 114, Boston, MA: Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-417640-9, MR 0776230
- Kolchin, E. R. (1973), Differential algebra and algebraic groups, Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 54, Boston, MA: Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-417650-8, MR 0568864
- Kolchin, Ellis (1999), Selected works of Ellis Kolchin with commentary, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-0542-8, MR 1677530[1]
References
- Magid, Andy R. (2000). "Review: Selected works of Ellis Kolchin, by H. Bass, A. Buium, and P.J. Cassidy (eds.)" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 37 (3): 337–342. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-00-00862-4.
- Bass, Hyman; Cassidy, Phyllis J.; Kovacic, Jerald, eds. (1977), Contributions to algebra, A collection of papers dedicated to Ellis Kolchin, New York: Academic Press [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers], ISBN 978-0-12-080550-1, MR 0457031
- Bass, Hyman; Cassidy, Phyllis (1992), "Ellis Kolchin (1916--1991)", Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 39 (6): 599–600, ISSN 0002-9920, MR 1170740
- Borel, Armand (2001), Essays in the history of Lie groups and algebraic groups, History of Mathematics, vol. 21, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-0288-5, MR 1847105
- Hevesi, Dennis (November 3, 1991), "Prof. Ellis R. Kolchin Dies at 75; A Shaper of Differential Algebra", New York Times Obituary
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ellis Kolchin", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
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