About Richard Kadison
Lived 1925 – 2018 (aged 93). Richard Kadison was an American mathematician and university teacher, known for Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, Kadison transitivity theorem and Kadison–Kastler metric.
Richard Vincent Kadison (July 25, 1925 – August 22, 2018) Kadison was a Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kadison was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (elected in 1996), and a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (elected 1974) He was a 1969 Guggenheim Fellow.
Kadison was awarded the 1999 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement by the American Mathematical Society. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Personal life Kadison served as an officer in the merchant marines for several years after 1943. He was a skilled gymnast with a specialty in rings, making the 1952 US Olympic Team but later withdrawing due to an injury. He married Karen M. Holm on June 5, 1956, and they had one son, Lars. with John Ringrose: Fundamentals of the theory of operator algebras, III-IV. An exercise approach, Birkhäuser, Basel, III: 1991, xiv+273 pp., ; IV: 1992, xiv+586 pp.,
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Who was Richard Kadison?
American mathematician (1925-2018)
When was Richard Kadison born?
Richard Kadison was born on 25 July 1925 in New York City.
When did Richard Kadison die?
Richard Kadison died on 22 August 2018 in Narberth.
What was Richard Kadison's occupation?
Richard Kadison was a mathematician and university teacher.
What was Richard Kadison known for?
Richard Kadison was known for Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, Kadison transitivity theorem, Kadison–Kastler metric, Kadison–Sakai theorem, Kadison–Singer problem and Kaplansky's conjecture.
What nationality was Richard Kadison?
Richard Kadison was American.
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