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'''Heini Halberstam''' |
'''Heini Halberstam''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematician]], working in the field of [[analytic number theory]]. He is one of the two mathematicians after whom the [[Elliott–Halberstam conjecture]] is named.<ref>{{citation |
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He was born in [[Most]], [[Czechoslovakia]] on September 11, 1926,<ref name="Doreen Halberstam, wife">[Doreen Halberstam, wife]</ref> |
He was born in [[Most]], [[Czechoslovakia]] on September 11, 1926,<ref name="Doreen Halberstam, wife">[Doreen Halberstam, wife]</ref> |
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and died on January 25, 2014 in Champaign, Illinois.<ref |
and died on January 25, 2014 in Champaign, Illinois.<ref>[http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2014-01-27/heini-halberstam.html Heini Halberstam, obituary], [[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|News-Gazette]], 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-01-27</ref> His father died when he was very young. After [[Adolf Hitler]]'s annexation of the [[Sudetenland]], he and his mother moved to [[Prague]]. At the age of twelve, as the [[Nazi]] occupation progressed, he was one of almost 10,000 children allowed to leave Nazi-occupied territory on the [[Kindertransport]] to [[England]], where he lived during [[World War II|World War II]].<ref>{{citation|title=Champaign Resident Remembers the Kindertransport|publisher=[[WILL]]|date=April 19, 2012|url=http://vimeo.com/40637650}}.</ref> He obtained his Ph.D. in 1952, from [[University College, London]], under supervision of [[Theodor Estermann]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Heini Halberstam|id=864}}</ref> From 1962 until 1964 Halberstam was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at [[Trinity College Dublin]] ([[University of Dublin]]);<ref>[http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/zingaz/D.html BSHM Gazetteer – D], The British Society for the History of Mathematics, retrieved 2010-01-21.</ref> From 1964 until 1980, Halberstam was a Professor of Mathematics at Nottingham University; in 1980, he took up a position at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC); he became an Emeritus Professor at UIUC in 1996. In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-01-19.</ref> |
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He is known also for books, with [[Klaus Roth]] on [[combinatorial number theory]], and with [[H. E. Richert]] on [[sieve theory]].<ref name="Halberstam & Richert"> |
He is known also for books, with [[Klaus Roth]] on [[combinatorial number theory]], and with [[H. E. Richert]] on [[sieve theory]].<ref name="Halberstam & Richert"> |
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Revision as of 18:40, 27 January 2014
Heini Halberstam was a British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He is one of the two mathematicians after whom the Elliott–Halberstam conjecture is named.[1]
He was born in Most, Czechoslovakia on September 11, 1926,[2] and died on January 25, 2014 in Champaign, Illinois.[3] His father died when he was very young. After Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland, he and his mother moved to Prague. At the age of twelve, as the Nazi occupation progressed, he was one of almost 10,000 children allowed to leave Nazi-occupied territory on the Kindertransport to England, where he lived during World War II.[4] He obtained his Ph.D. in 1952, from University College, London, under supervision of Theodor Estermann.[5] From 1962 until 1964 Halberstam was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin);[6] From 1964 until 1980, Halberstam was a Professor of Mathematics at Nottingham University; in 1980, he took up a position at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC); he became an Emeritus Professor at UIUC in 1996. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7]
He is known also for books, with Klaus Roth on combinatorial number theory, and with H. E. Richert on sieve theory.[8]
References
- ^ Elliot, P.D.T.A.; Halberstam, H. (1970), "A conjecture in prime number theory", Symposia mathematica. Convegni del Dicembre del 1968 e del Marzo del 1969, 4, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Roma: 59–72, Zbl 0238.10030
- ^ [Doreen Halberstam, wife]
- ^ Heini Halberstam, obituary, News-Gazette, 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-01-27
- ^ Champaign Resident Remembers the Kindertransport, WILL, April 19, 2012.
- ^ Heini Halberstam at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ BSHM Gazetteer – D, The British Society for the History of Mathematics, retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ^
Halberstam, Heini (1974). Sieve Methods. London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-318250-6. MR 54:12689. Zbl 0298.10026.
{{cite book}}: Check|mr=value (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)Halberstam, Heini; Richert, Hans-Egon (2011). Sieve Methods (2nd ed.). Dover. ISBN 0-486-47939-0.
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