José Adem
José Adem (27 October 1921 – 14 February 1991) was a Mexican mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, and proved the Adem relations between Steenrod squares.
José Adem | |
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| Born | 27 October 1921 |
| Died | 14 February 1991 (aged 69) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Alma mater | National University of Mexico (B.S., 1949) Princeton University (Ph.D., 1952) |
| Known for | Adem relations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic Topology |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Steenrod |
Life and education
Born José Adem Chahín[1] in Tuxpan, Veracruz, (published his works as José Adem), Adem showed an interest in mathematics from an early age, and moved to Mexico City in 1941 to pursue a degree in engineering and mathematics. He obtained his B.S. in mathematics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1949.[2] During this time met Solomon Lefschetz, a famous algebraic topologist who was spending prolonged periods of time in Mexico. Lefschetz recognized Adem's mathematical talent, and sent him as a doctoral student to Princeton University where he graduated in 1952.[3] His dissertation, Iterations of the squaring operations in algebraic topology, was written under the supervision of Norman Steenrod and introduced what are now called the Adem relations.[4]
His brother is geophysicist Julián Adem, who obtained a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1953.[5] Julián's son is topologist Alejandro Adem.[6]
Career
Adem became a researcher at the Mathematics Institute of UNAM (1954–1961), and then head of the Mathematics Department at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (1961–1973).[1] He was elected to El Colegio Nacional on 4 April 1960.[2]
In 1951 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[7] In 1956, Adem started the second series of the Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana.[3]
Publications
- Adem, José (1952). "The iteration of the Steenrod squares in algebraic topology". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 38 (8): 720–726. Bibcode:1952PNAS...38..720A. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.8.720. MR 0050278. PMC 1063640. PMID 16589167.
- Adem, José (1953). "Relations on iterated reduced powers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 39 (7): 636–638. Bibcode:1953PNAS...39..636A. doi:10.1073/pnas.39.7.636. MR 0056293. PMC 1063836. PMID 16589316.
References
- Silva Herzog, Jesús. "Adem Chahín, José (1921-1991)". Biografías de amigos y conocidos, via www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- "Biography of José Ádem". El Colegio Nacional (Mexico). Archived from the original on 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- Adem Díaz de León, Alejandro. "Biography of José Adem". Sociedad Matemática Mexicana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- José Adem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Julián Adem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Bonato, Anthony (2017-02-15). "Interview with a Mathematician: Alejandro Adem". The Intrepid Mathematician. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- "Guggenheim Fellowship for José Adem". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
External links
- Gitler, Samuel, ed. (1982). Symposium on Algebraic Topology in honor of José Adem. Papers from the Symposium held in Oaxtepec, August 10–17, 1981. Contemporary Mathematics. Vol. 12. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 0-8218-5010-5. MR 0676309.