Joseph Wedderburn
Mathematician, Academic
1882 – 1948
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Who was Joseph Wedderburn?
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field, and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras. He also worked on group theory and matrix algebra.
His younger brother was the lawyer Ernest Wedderburn.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1882
Forfar - Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Chicago
- University of Leipzig
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Died
- Oct 9, 1948
Princeton
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on July 23, 2013
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