Victor L. Shapiro
Template:Short description Victor Lenard Shapiro (16 October 1924, Chicago – 1 March 2013, Riverside, California) was an American mathematician, specializing in trigonometric series and differential equations.[1] He is known for his two theorems (published in 1957) on the uniqueness of multiple Fourier series.[2][3]
Biography
From the University of Chicago, Shapiro received B.Sc. in 1947, M.Sc. in 1949, and Ph.D. in 1952, all in mathematics.[4] His thesis advisor was Antoni Zygmund.[5] Shapiro was from 1952 to 1960 a professor at Rutgers University and from 1960 to 1964 a professor at the University of Oregon with 3 sabbatical years (in 1953–1955 and 1958–1959) at the Institute for Advanced Study.[6] He was a professor at the University of California, Riverside from 1964 to 2010, when he retired as professor emeritus.[4][6] He was the author of several books and the author or coauthor of over 80 articles in refereed journals.[4]
Shapiro was elected in 2003 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and in 2012 a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).[1] In November 1995 in Riverside, California, a conference was held in his honor.[7]
Upon his death he was survived by his widow, 4 children, and 13 grandchildren.[1]
Selected publications
Articles
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- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- American mathematical analysts
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of California, Riverside faculty
- 1924 births
- 2013 deaths
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society