Background

Helgason, Sigurdur was born on September 30, 1927 in Akureyri, Iceland. Son of Helgi and Kara (Briem) Skulason. came to the United States, 1952.

Education

Student, University Iceland, 1946; D honoris causa, U. Iceland, 1986; Master of Science, U. Copenhagen, 1952; D honoris causa, U. Copenhagen, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1954; D honoris causa, Uppsala U., 1996.

Career

C.L.E. Moore instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1954-1956; assistant professor mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1961; associate professor mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1961-1965; professor mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1965; lecturer, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1956-1957; Louis Block assistant professor mathematics, University of Chicago, 1957-1959; assistant professor, Columbia University, 1959-1960. Visiting member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1964-1966, 74-75, 83-84, 98,Mittag-Leffler Institute, 1970-1971, 95.

Achievements

• Sigurdur Helgason has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Groups and Geometric Analysis (Integral Geometry, Invariant Differential Operators and Spherical Functions).

    (This volume, the second of Helgason's impressive three bo...)

  • Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

    (The study of homogeneous spaces provides excellent insigh...)

  • Groups and Geometric Analysis: Integral Geometry, Invariant Differential Operators, and Spherical Functions

    (Hardcover, published by Academic Press, 1984, in "Pure an...)

  • Groups and Geometric Analysis (Integral Geometry, Invariant Differential Operators and Spherical Functions). by Sigurdur Helgason (2000-10-03)
  • Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces (Graduate Studies in Mathematics) by Sigurdur Helgason (2001-06-12)
  • Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces, Volume 80 (Pure and Applied Mathematics) by Sigurdur Helgason (1979-01-11)

Membership

Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Danish Academy Sciences and Letters, Icelandic Academy Sciences, American Mathematics Society (Steele prize 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: music, photography.

Connections

Married Artie Gianopulos, June 9, 1957. Children: Thor Helgi, Anna Loa.

Father:

Helgi Skulason

Mother:

Kara (Briem) Skulason

Spouse:

Artie Gianopulos

child:

Thor Helgi Helgason

child:

Anna Loa Helgason