Robert James Blattner Explained

Robert James Blattner (6 August 1931 – 13 June 2015) was a mathematics professor at UCLA^{[1] [2]} working on harmonic analysis, representation theory, and geometric quantization, who introduced Blattner's conjecture. Born in Milwaukee,^[3] Blattner received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1953^[1] and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1957. He joined the UCLA mathematics department in 1957 and remained on the staff until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1992.^[1]

Blattner was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1964–65.^[4] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Varadarajan, V. S.. Veeravalli S. Varadarajan. UCLA Mathematics (math.ucla.edu). In Memoriam: Robert J. Blattner. 20 October 2015.
2. https://www.math.ucla.edu/people/pages/blattner.shtml UCLA page about Robert Blattner
3. Web site: A Community of Scholars: Faculty and Members, 1930-1980. 1980.
4. http://www.ias.edu/people/cos/ Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars
5. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society