Harold Edwards (mathematician) explained

Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr.
Birth Date:August 6, 1936
Birth Place:Champaign, Illinois, US[1]
Death Place:New York City
Field:Mathematics
Work Institutions:New York University
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Doctoral Advisor:Raoul Bott
Spouse:Betty Rollin, journalist and author
Prizes:Leroy P. Steele Prize

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.

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]

Edwards was married to Betty Rollin, a former NBC News correspondent, author, and breast cancer survivor.[6] Edwards died on November 10, 2020, of colon cancer.[7]

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  1. http://www.math.nyu.edu/faculty/edwardsd/vita.htm Curriculum vitae
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  3. https://www.ams.org/prizes/steele-prize.html Leroy P. Steel Prizes
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  5. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
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  7. Web site: HAROLD EDWARDS Obituary (2020) . The New York Times / www.legacy.com . 15 November 2020 . en . 13 November 2020.
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  9. Review by Samuel S. Wagstaff, Jr. (2009), Mathematical Reviews, .
  10. http://www.maa.org/maa%20reviews/HA.html Review
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  13. Review by Edward J. Barbeau (2005), Mathematical Reviews, .
  14. Review by S. C. Coutinho (2010), SIGACT News 41 (2): 33–36, .
  15. Book: Essays in Constructive Mathematics . 2022 . en . 10.1007/978-3-030-98558-5. Edwards . Harold M. . 978-3-030-98557-8 .
  16. News: Rollin . Betty . 2022-11-27 . Opinion How to Talk to a Widow . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-28 . 0362-4331.
  17. Birkhäuser, 1990, .
  18. Review by D. Ştefănescu (1993), Mathematical Reviews, .
  19. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 101, Springer-Verlag, 1984, .
  20. Review by B. Heinrich Matzat (1987), Mathematical Reviews, .
  21. http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/book-review-of-galois-theory-by-harold-m-edwards Review
  22. http://www.maa.org/awards/ford.html The Lester R. Ford Award
  23. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 50, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1977, . Reprinted with corrections, 1996,, . Russian translation by V. L. Kalinin and A. I. Skopin. Mir, Moscow, 1980, .
  24. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183548007 Review
  25. Review by William C. Waterhouse (1983), Mathematical Reviews, .
  26. Pure and Applied Mathematics 58, Academic Press, 1974. Republished by Dover Publications, 2001, .
  27. Review by Harvey Cohn (1975), SIAM Review 17 (4): 697–699, .
  28. Review by Robert Spira (1976), Historia Mathematica 3 (4): 489–490, .
  29. Review by Bruce C. Berndt, Mathematical Reviews, .
  30. Houghton–Mifflin, 1969. Reprinted with corrections by Krieger Publishing, 1980. Republished again by Birkhäuser, 1993, .
  31. Review by Nick Lord (1996), The Mathematical Gazette 80 (489): 629–630, .
  32. Review by R. S. Booth (1982), Mathematical Reviews, .