Louis Shapiro (mathematician)

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Louis W. Shapiro
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United States
Nationality American
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Maryland, College Park
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
Doctoral students Naiomi Cameron

Louis Welles Shapiro (born 1941) [1] is an American mathematician working in the fields of combinatorics and finite group theory. He is an emeritus professor at Howard University. [2]

Shapiro attended Harvard University for his undergraduate studies and then the University of Maryland, College Park for graduate school. [3] Shapiro is most known for creating the Riordan array, named after mathematician John Riordan, [4] and developing the theory around it. He has been an organizer of and speaker at the yearly International Conference on Riordan Arrays and Related Topics, [5] [6] which has been held annually beginning 2014.

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References

  1. "Shapiro, Louis W." Virtual International Authority File.
  2. "People | Howard University Department of Mathematics". mathematics.howard.edu.
  3. "Louis Welles Shapiro". Math Genealogy Project.
  4. Louis W. Shapiro, Seyoum Getu, Wen-Jin Woan, Leon C. Woodson, The Riordan group, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 34, Issues 1–3, 1991, pages 229–239, ISSN 0166-218X, https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-218X(91)90088-E.
  5. "6th International Conference on Riordan Arrays and Related Topics". 6th International Conference on Riordan Arrays and Related Topics.
  6. "5th International Conference on Riordan Arrays and Related Topics". 5th International Conference on Riordan Arrays and Related Topics.