José Ádem
José Adem | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Alma mater | National University of Mexico (B.S., 1949) Princeton University (Ph.D., 1952) |
| Known for | Adem relations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic Topology |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Steenrod |
José Adem (born in Tuxpan, Veracruz, October 27, 1921; died February 14, 1991) was a Mexican mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, and proved the Ádem relations between Steenrod squares.
Life and education[edit]
Adem showed an interest in mathematics from an early age, and moved to Mexico City in 1941 to pursue a degree in engineering and mathematics. He obtained his B.S. in mathematics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1949.[1] During this time met Solomon Lefschetz, a famous algebraic topologist who was spending prolonged periods of time in Mexico. Lefschetz recognized Ádem's mathematical talent, and sent him as a doctoral student to Princeton University where he graduated in 1952.[2] His dissertation, Iterations of the squaring operations in algebraic topology, was written under the supervision of Norman Steenrod and introduced what are now called the Ádem relations.[3]
His brother Julián Adem was also a distinguished Mexican mathematician, who obtained a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1953.[4] Julián's son is topologist Alejandro Adem.[5]
Career[edit]
Ádem became a researcher at the Mathematics Institute of UNAM (1954–1961), and then head of the Mathematics Department at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (1961–1973).[6] He was elected to El Colegio Nacional on 4 April 1960.[1]
In 1951 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[7] He started in 1956 the second series of the Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana.[2]
Publications[edit]
- Ádem, José (1952). "The iteration of the Steenrod squares in algebraic topology". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 38: 720–726. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.8.720. MR 0050278. PMC 1063640.
- Ádem, José (1953). "Relations on iterated reduced powers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 39: 636–638. doi:10.1073/pnas.39.7.636. MR 0056293.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Biography of José Ádem".
- ^ a b Alejandro Ádem Díaz de León. "Biography of José Ádem" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ José Ádem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Julián Adem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Interview with a Mathematician: Alejandro Adem". Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Adem Chahín, José (1921-1991)". Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship for José Ádem". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
External links[edit]
- Gitler, Samuel, ed. (1982). Symposium on Algebraic Topology in honor of José Adem. Papers from the Symposium held in Oaxtepec, August 10–17, 1981. Contemporary Mathematics. 12. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 0-8218-5010-5. MR 0676309.
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