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Joseph Wedderburn | |
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 Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn (1882–1948) | |
| Born | 2 February 1882 Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
| Died | 9 October 1948 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Wedderburn-Etherington number Artin–Wedderburn theorem |
| Awards | MacDougall-Brisbane Gold Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | George Chrystal |
| Doctoral students | Merrill Flood Nathan Jacobson Ernst Snapper |
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS (2 February 1882 – 9 October 1948) was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field, and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras. He also worked on group theory and matrix algebra.[2][3]
His younger brother was the lawyer Ernest Wedderburn.
- ^ Taylor, H. S. (1949). "Joseph Henry Maclagen Wedderburn. 1882-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (18): 618–626. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0016. JSTOR 768943. S2CID 179012329.
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Joseph Wedderburn", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- ^ Joseph Wedderburn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project