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Murray Gerstenhaber
Who
Murray Gerstenhaber · Science & Medicine
What
Deformation theory; Gerstenhaber algebras
When
1927, United States — 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Where
United States
Biography
Murray Gerstenhaber is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Deformation theory; Gerstenhaber algebras
How & why
Gerstenhaber was an American mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania who founded algebraic deformation theory and introduced the Gerstenhaber algebra and bracket, structures now central to deformation quantization and quantum groups. His work was honored with the 2021 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Deformation theory; Gerstenhaber algebras
1927
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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