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Maurice Auslander

Who

Maurice Auslander · Science & Medicine

What

Homological algebra; Auslander-Reiten theory

When

1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 1994, Trondheim, Norway

Where

United States · Norway

Biography

Maurice Auslander is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Homological algebra; Auslander-Reiten theory

How & why

Maurice Auslander was a mathematician at Brandeis University who transformed homological and commutative algebra, and who with Idun Reiten created Auslander–Reiten theory, a central framework in the representation theory of algebras. Born in Brooklyn, he died while visiting Trondheim. He is listed among Jewish mathematicians by the Jinfo compilation.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Homological algebra; Auslander-Reiten theory

1926

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics