Background
Carlitz, Leonard was born on December 26, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Anna (Schneyer) Carlitz.
mathematician university professor
Carlitz, Leonard was born on December 26, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael and Anna (Schneyer) Carlitz.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1927. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1930.
Carlitz supervised 44 doctorates at Duke University and published over 770 papers. 1907 Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America 1927 Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania 1930-1931 at Caltech with East. T. Bell 1931 married Clara Skaler 1931-1932 at Cambridge with G. H. Hardy 1932 Joined the faculty of Duke University where he served for 45 years 1938 to 1973 Editorial Board Duke Mathematics Journal (Managing Editor from 1945) 1939 Birth of son Michael 1940 Supervision of his first doctoral student East. F. Canaday, awarded 1940 1945 Birth of son Robert 1964 First James B. Duke Professor in Mathematics 1977 Supervised his 44th and last doctoral student, Jo Ann Lutz, awarded 1977 1977 Retired 1990 Death of wife Clara, after 59 years of marriage 1999 September 17 Died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Carlitz module is generalized by the Drinfeld module An identity regarding Bernoulli numbers Carlitz wrote about Bessel polynomials He introduced First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Salam–Carlitz polynomials. Carlitz" identity for bicentric quadrilaterals.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Fibonacci Association.
Married Clara Skaler, September 1, 1931. Children– Michael, Robert.