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Richard Brauer | |
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![]() Richard and Ilse Brauer in 1970 Photo courtesy MFO | |
Born | |
Died | April 17, 1977 Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 76)
Nationality | German, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Berlin (PhD, 1926) |
Known for | Brauer's theorem on induced characters |
Awards | Cole Prize in Algebra (1949) National Medal of Science (1970) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Scientist, mathematician |
Institutions | University of Kentucky, University of Toronto, University of Michigan, Harvard University |
Thesis | Über die Darstellung der Drehungsgruppe durch Gruppen linearer Substitutionen (1926) |
Doctoral advisor | Issai Schur Erhard Schmidt |
Doctoral students | R. H. Bruck S. A. Jennings Peter Landrock D. J. Lewis J. Carson Mark Cecil J. Nesbitt Donald S. Passman Ralph Stanton Robert Steinberg |
Richard Dagobert Brauer (February 10, 1901 – April 17, 1977) was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory. He was the founder of modular representation theory.
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