{"id":21682,"date":"2012-12-12T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=21682"},"modified":"2012-12-12T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:00:25","slug":"mathematician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2012\/12\/12\/mathematician\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s That Mathematician?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paul Halmos (1916-2006) was an American mathematician born in Hungary. He worked in\u00a0probability there, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He received the AMS Steele Prize for exposition. Three of his books include\u00a0How to Read Mathematics<\/em>,\u00a0How to Write Mathematics<\/em>, and\u00a0How to Speak Mathematics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Halmos enjoyed taking photos of mathematicians everywhere he traveled. In 2011, the Archives of American Mathematics digitized some of his collection. More information about this project can be found at\u00a0http:\/\/mathdl.maa.org\/mathDL\/46\/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3801<\/a>. You can also view an index of photos at\u00a0http:\/\/mathdl.maa.org\/mathDL\/46\/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3887<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am very thankful to this wonderful collection of photos of a multitude of mathematicians. Do you have a favorite photograph from this collection or other collections?<\/p>\n

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Paul Halmos (1916-2006) was an American mathematician born in Hungary. He worked in\u00a0probability there, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He received the AMS Steele Prize for exposition. Three of his books include\u00a0How to Read Mathematics,\u00a0How to Write … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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