Serge Lang
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 19 years ago |
Date of birth | May 19,1927 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
France | |
Date of died | September 12,2005 |
Died | Berkeley |
California | |
United States | |
Thesis | Algebraic |
Parents | Étienne Lang |
Hélène Elka Lola Schlepianoff | |
Known for | Work in number theory |
Doctor advisor | Emil Artin |
Doctor student | Minhyong Kim |
Stephen Schanuel | |
Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
Books | Basic Mathematics |
A First Course in Calculus | |
Introduction to Linear Algebra | |
Algebra | |
Thesi | On Quasi Algebraic Closure |
Education | California Institute of Technology |
Princeton University | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 664482 |
Serge Lang Life story
Serge Lang was a French-American mathematician and activist who taught at Yale University for most of his career. He is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He received the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in 1960 and was a member of the Bourbaki group.