Israel Herstein
Israel Herstein · Science & Medicine
Ring theory; influential algebra textbooks
1923, Lublin, Poland — 1988, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Poland · Canada · United States
Israel Herstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Ring theory; influential algebra textbooks
Herstein was a mathematician who worked in noncommutative ring theory and is best remembered for his lucid, widely used algebra textbooks Topics in Algebra and Noncommutative Rings, which trained generations of students. He was a longtime professor at the University of Chicago. Born into a Jewish family in Poland, he was raised in Canada.
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Ring theory; influential algebra textbooks
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