Life of Mathematics 2000-2001 Profiles

A Life of Mathematics

January 10-31, 2001
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Profile of the Visiting Mathematicians

Professor Garret J. Etgen, Professor of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

Area of specialisation: Differential Equations

Professor Garret Etgen has done considerable work in Differential Equations and in Applied Mathematics. He has published six books and over thirty articles in professional journals. Hille and others have referred to his work in their books. He has also rewritten the classic book by Hille and Salas on Calculus. He has been involved in mathematics education as well.

Professor Peter Fillmore, Department of Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Area of specialisation: Operator Algebras & Operator Theory

Professor Fillmore's work has also tied up closely with some other important areas of Mathematics. He has published over thirty articles in learned journals as well as several monographs. He has also edited or co-edited many volumes on Operator Theory. Professor Fillmore was President of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 1994 to 1996. Of his work, the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore Theorem is one of the most important results in the area of Operator Algebras.

Professor Henry Helson, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley.

Area of specialisation: Harmonic Analysis

Professor Helson has been an inspiration to several generations of mathematicians. As a specialist in Harmonic Analysis, he is far too well known to require any introduction. A number of deep theorems that he has discovered have been named after him. He is also the author of several well-known books and monographs (apart from numerous research papers).