Harold Edwards (mathematician)

Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr. (August 6, 1936 – November 10, 2020) was an American mathematician working in number theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics.

Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr.
Born(1936-08-06)August 6, 1936
DiedNovember 11, 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 84)[2]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
AwardsLeroy P. Steele Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsNew York University
Doctoral advisorRaoul Bott

He was one of the co-founding editors, with Bruce Chandler, of The Mathematical Intelligencer.[1] He is the author of expository books on the Riemann zeta function, on Galois theory, and on Fermat's Last Theorem. He wrote a book on Leopold Kronecker's work on divisor theory providing a systematic exposition of that work—a task that Kronecker never completed. He wrote textbooks on linear algebra, calculus, and number theory. He also wrote a book of essays on constructive mathematics.

Edwards graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1956, received a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1957, and a Ph.D from Harvard University in 1961, under the supervision of Raoul Bott.[3] He taught at Harvard and Columbia University; he joined the faculty at New York University in 1966, and was an emeritus professor starting in 2002.[1]

In 1980, Edwards won the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition of the American Mathematical Society, for his books on the Riemann zeta function and Fermat's Last Theorem.[4] For his contribution in the field of the history of mathematics he was awarded the Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize by the AMS in 2005.[5] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]

Edwards was married to Betty Rollin, a former NBC News correspondent, author, and breast cancer survivor.[7] Edwards died on November 10, 2020, of colon cancer.[2]

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References

  1. Curriculum vitae from Edwards' web site at NYU, retrieved 2010-01-30.
  2. "HAROLD EDWARDS Obituary (2020)". The New York Times / www.legacy.com. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  4. Leroy P. Steel Prizes, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2010-01-31.
  5. "2005 Whiteman Prize" (PDF), Notices of the AMS, 52 (4), April 2005.
  6. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-12-02.
  7. Klemesrud, Judy (September 9, 1985), "Daughter's Story: Aiding Mother's Suicide", New York Times.
  8. American Mathematical Society, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8218-4439-7.
  9. Review by Samuel S. Wagstaff, Jr. (2009), Mathematical Reviews, MR2392541.
  10. Review by Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Mathematical Association of America, April 26, 2008.
  11. Springer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 0-387-21978-1.
  12. Schulman, Bonnie (February 22, 2005), "Essays in Constructive Mathematics by Harold M. Edwards", Read This! The MAA Online book review column, Mathematical Association of America.
  13. Review by Edward J. Barbeau (2005), Mathematical Reviews, MR2104015.
  14. Review by S. C. Coutinho (2010), SIGACT News 41 (2): 33–36, doi:10.1145/1814370.1814372.
  15. Edwards, Harold M. (2022). Essays in Constructive Mathematics. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98558-5. ISBN 978-3-030-98557-8.
  16. Rollin, Betty (2022-11-27). "Opinion | How to Talk to a Widow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  17. Birkhäuser, 1990, ISBN 0-8176-3448-7.
  18. Review by D. Ştefănescu (1993), Mathematical Reviews, MR1200892.
  19. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 101, Springer-Verlag, 1984, ISBN 0-387-90980-X.
  20. Review by B. Heinrich Matzat (1987), Mathematical Reviews, MR0743418.
  21. Review by Peter M. Neumann (1987), American Mathematical Monthly 93: 407–411.
  22. The Lester R. Ford Award, MAA, retrieved 2010-02-01.
  23. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 50, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1977, ISBN 0-387-90230-9. Reprinted with corrections, 1996, ISBN 978-0-387-95002-0, MR1416327. Russian translation by V. L. Kalinin and A. I. Skopin. Mir, Moscow, 1980, MR0616636.
  24. Review by Charles J. Parry (1981), Bulletin of the AMS 4 (2): 218–222.
  25. Review by William C. Waterhouse (1983), Mathematical Reviews, MR0616635.
  26. Pure and Applied Mathematics 58, Academic Press, 1974. Republished by Dover Publications, 2001, ISBN 978-0-486-41740-0.
  27. Review by Harvey Cohn (1975), SIAM Review 17 (4): 697–699, doi:10.1137/1017086.
  28. Review by Robert Spira (1976), Historia Mathematica 3 (4): 489–490, doi:10.1016/0315-0860(76)90087-2.
  29. Review by Bruce C. Berndt, Mathematical Reviews, MR0466039.
  30. Houghton–Mifflin, 1969. Reprinted with corrections by Krieger Publishing, 1980. Republished again by Birkhäuser, 1993, ISBN 0-8176-3707-9.
  31. Review by Nick Lord (1996), The Mathematical Gazette 80 (489): 629–630, doi:10.2307/3618555.
  32. Review by R. S. Booth (1982), Mathematical Reviews, MR0587115.
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