Joseph J. Rotman

Joseph J. Rotman (May 26, 1934 – October 16, 2016[1]) was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[2] and also a published author of 10 textbooks, currently being held in 7,735 libraries, the highest held book is at 1,239 libraries.[3]

Rotman did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in 1959 with a thesis in abelian groups written under the direction of Irving Kaplansky. In 1959 he moved to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he spent the rest of his mathematical career. Rotman retired from UIUC in 2004.[4] His research interests lay in the area of algebra, involving abelian groups, modules, homological algebra, and combinatorics.[5]

Rotman was the Managing Editor of the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society in 1972-1973.[4] In 1985 he was the Annual Visiting Lecturer of the South African Mathematical Society.[6]

A partial list of Rotman's publications includes:

References

  1. Joseph Rotman (obituary), The News-Gazette, Tuesday, October 18, 2016.
  2. "J. Rotman". uiuc.edu. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  3. "Rotman, Joseph J. (1934–)". worldcat.org. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Retirements: Joseph Rotman, Math Times, Spring 2004, p. 9, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  5. "J. Rotman". uiuc.edu. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  6. Faculty honors, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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