Tom M. Apostol
| Tom M. Apostol | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1923 (age 88–89) Helper, Utah |
| Nationality | Greek American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Derrick Henry Lehmer |
| Doctoral students | Basil Gordon David Rearick Abe Sklar |
Tom Mike Apostol (born 1923) is a Greek-American analytic number theorist and professor at the California Institute of Technology.
He was born in Helper, Utah in 1923. His parents, Emmanouil Apostolopoulos and Efrosini Papathanasopoulos, originated from Greece.[1] Mr. Apostolopoulos's name was shortened to Mike Apostol when he obtained his United States citizenship, and Tom Apostol inherited this Americanized surname.[1]
Apostol received his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Washington, and a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948.[2] Apostol has since been a faculty member at UC Berkeley, MIT, and Caltech. He is the author of several influential graduate and undergraduate level textbooks.
He is a well-known teacher. He is the creator and project director for Project MATHEMATICS! producing videos which explore basic topics in high school mathematics. He has helped popularize the visual calculus devised by Mamikon Mnatsakanian with whom he has also written a number of papers, many of which appeared in the American Mathematical Monthly. Apostol also provided academic content for an acclaimed video lecture series on introductory physics, The Mechanical Universe.
On February 20, 2001, he was also elected in the Academy of Athens.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Albers, Donald J.; Apostol, Tom (1997). "An Interview with Tom Apostol". The College Mathematics Journal (Mathematical Association of America) 28, No. 4 (4): 250–270. doi:10.2307/2687147. JSTOR 2687147.
- ^ Tom M. Apostol at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ «Professor Elected to Greek Academy», Caltech Media Relations.
[edit] Bibliography
- Mathematical Analysis: A modern approach to advanced calculus, (1957) Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-00288-4
- Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, (1976) Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0-387-90163-9
- Modular Functions and Dirichlet Series in Number Theory, (1990) Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0-387-90185-X
- Calculus, Volume 1, One-variable calculus, with an introduction to linear algebra, (1967) Wiley, ISBN 0536000050, ISBN 9780471000051
- Calculus, Volume 2, Multi-variable calculus and linear algebra with applications to differential equations and probability, (1969) Wiley, ISBN 0471000086
- The Mechanical Universe: Mechanics and Heat, Advanced Edition ISBN 0-521-30432-6 (with Steven C. Frautschi, Richard P. Olenick, and David L. Goodstein)
[edit] External links
- Tom M. Apostol, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Caltech
- A VISUAL Approach to CALCULUS problems
- Entry on IMDB
- Project MATHEMATICS!
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