Richard Elman (mathematician) explained

Richard Steven Elman (born 21 March 1945) is an American mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for his work in algebra. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972, under the supervision of Tsit Yuen Lam.^[1]

He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[2] Among his collaborators are Nikita Karpenko and Alexander Merkurjev.

Selected publications

• as editor with Murray M. Schacher and Veeravalli S. Varadarajan: Book: Linear algebraic groups and their representations. American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island. 1993. 153. Contemporary Mathematics (AMS). 9780821851616.
• with Nikita Karpenko and Alexander Merkurjev: Book: The algebraic and geometric theory of quadratic forms. American Mathematical Society. 2008. Providence, R. I.. Colloquium publications (AMS). 56. 9780821873229. ^[3]

External links

• Faculty page at UCLA
• Photo at MFO

Notes and References

1. http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=22811 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Richard Elman
2. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
3. Web site: Zaldivar, Felipe. Review of The Algebraic and Geometric Theory of Quadratic Forms by R. Elman, N. Karpenko, and A. Merkurjev. MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America. 9 November 2008.