John Wermer

John Wermer
Born	(1927-04-04)April 4, 1927 Vienna, Austria
Died	August 29, 2022(2022-08-29) (aged 95) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Yale University Brown University
Thesis	On the Harmonic Analysis of Certain Groups and Semi-Groups of Operators  (1951)
Doctoral advisor	George Mackey [1]

John Wermer was a mathematician specializing in complex analysis. ^[2]

Wermer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1951 under the supervision of George Whitelaw Mackey. ^[3] He became an instructor at Yale University, after which he was hired as a professor at Brown University in 1954. He retired in 1994. ^[4]

In 1962 Wermer was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm. ^[5]

In 2012, Wermer became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. ^[6]

On August 29, 2022, Wermer died in Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 95. ^[7]

References

1. John Wermer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. "Brown University Mathematics Department". www.math.brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25.
3. John Wermer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
4. "Obituary information for John Wermer". www.mkds.com.
5. "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". www.mathunion.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
6. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
7. "John Wermer". The Providence Journal. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-23.