Background
Halmos, Paul Richard was born on March 3, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1929. Son of Alexander Charles and Paula (Rosenberg) Halmos.
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This work addresses some of the problems of mathematical logic and the theory of polyadic Boolean algebras in particular. It is intended to be an efficient way of treating algebraic logic in a unified manner.
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2012 Reprint of 1942 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. As a newly minted Ph.D., Paul Halmos came to the Institute for Advanced Study in 1938--even though he did not have a fellowship--to study among the many giants of mathematics who had recently joined the faculty. He eventually became John von Neumann's research assistant, and it was one of von Neumann's inspiring lectures that spurred Halmos to write "Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces." The book brought him instant fame as an expositor of mathematics. Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces combines algebra and geometry to discuss the three-dimensional area where vectors can be plotted. The book broke ground as the first formal introduction to linear algebra, a branch of modern mathematics that studies vectors and vector spaces. The book continues to exert its influence sixty years after publication, as linear algebra is now widely used, not only in mathematics but also in the natural and social sciences, for studying such subjects as weather problems, traffic flow, electronic circuits, and population genetics. In 1983 Halmos received the coveted Steele Prize for exposition from the American Mathematical Society for "his many graduate texts in mathematics dealing with finite dimensional vector spaces, measure theory, ergodic theory, and Hilbert space."
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Useful as a text for students and a reference for the more advanced mathematician, this book presents a unified treatment of that part of measure theory most useful for its application in modern analysis. Coverage includes sets and classes, measures and outer measures, Haar measure and measure and topology in groups. From the reviews: "Will serve the interested student to find his way to active and creative work in the field of Hilbert space theory." --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
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"I Want To Be A Mathematician" is an account of the author's life as a mathematician. It tells us what it is like to be a mathematician and to do mathematics. It will be read with interest and enjoyment by those in mathematics and by those who might want to know what mathematicians and mathematical careers are like. Paul Halmos is well-known for his research in ergodic theory, and measure theory. He is one of the most widely read mathematical expositors in the world.
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Halmos, Paul Richard was born on March 3, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1929. Son of Alexander Charles and Paula (Rosenberg) Halmos.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1934; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1938; Doctor of Science (honorary), University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1984; D Mathematics (honorary), University Waterloo, Canada, 1990.
Instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1938-1939; associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1942-1943; fellow, assistant, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1939-1942; assistant professor, Syracuse (New York) U., 1943-1946; from assistant professor to professor, University of Chicago, 1946-1961; professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961-1968; professor, department chairman, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1969; professor, then Distinguished professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1969-1985; professor, Santa Clara (California) U., 1985-1996; professor emeritus, Santa Clara (California) U., since 1996.
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Member Mathematics Association American (Haimo award for District College & University Teaching of Mat., 1994, Gung ang Hu award, 2000), American Mathematics Society(vice president, 1981-1982, Steele prize, 1983), others.
Married Dorothy Moyer, January 1, 1934 (divorced March 1945). Married Virginia Templeton Pritchett, April 7, 1945.