Serge Lang, 78, gadfly and mathematician

[struggle4progress]

<snip> He was a prolific author, having written more than 40 mathematics textbooks and research monographs and well over 100 research articles.

Born in Paris in 1927, Serge Lang moved to California with his family when he was a teenager.

He graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1946 and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton in 1951. He taught at the University of Chicago before becoming a professor at Columbia in 1955. <snip>

Lang's research focused on number theory and algebraic geometry. He won the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in 1960 from the American Mathematical Society for his insights on algebra.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/12737978.htm

[MissMarple]

1. And our cogent point is?

I didn't want to register. :)

[struggle4progress]

3. Sorry. No crisp insight. Lang was a good mathematician, widely known,

and his death really means only that a certain era has passed. Probably not very interesting to those who don't wander through mathematics libraries drooling at the exciting relations between algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. :)

[girl gone mad]

2. I'm glad someone finally posted this.

I was surprised to see his death hadn't been mentioned here. He was quite an interesting person, and a great mathemetician. He will be missed.

[MissMarple]

4. I'll look him up, figuratively speaking. Tomorrow.

Good night. :hi: