Eric Mark Friedlander (born January 7, 1944) is an
American mathematician
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who is a professor of mathematics at
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
. He is best known for his works in
algebraic topology
Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariant (mathematics), invariants that classification theorem, classify topological spaces up t ...
,
algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometry, geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zero of a function, zeros of multivariate polynomials; th ...
,
algebraic K-theory
Algebraic ''K''-theory is a subject area in mathematics with connections to geometry, topology, ring theory, and number theory. Geometric, algebraic, and arithmetic objects are assigned objects called ''K''-groups. These are groups in the sens ...
and
representation theory
Representation theory is a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebra, abstract algebraic structures by ''representing'' their element (set theory), elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies Module (mathematics), ...
.
Biography
Friedlander was born on January 7, 1944 in
Santurce,
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. He graduated from
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the e ...
with bachelor's degree in 1965 and in 1970 received a
Ph.D. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...
, under the supervision of
Michael Artin
Michael Artin (; born 28 June 1934) is an American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics Department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry. , (''Fibrations in Étale Homotopy Theory''). He was a postdoctoral instructor at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
: a lecturer in 1971 and assistant professor in 1972. From 1973 to 1974, he was, through the US exchange program, at France, in particular at the
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French research institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics (also with a small theoretical biology g ...
. In 1975, he became an associate professor and in 1980 a professor at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
, where he was a chairman of the mathematics department from 1987 to 1990 and from 1999 to 2003. In 1999, he became Henry S. Noyes Professor of mathematics. As of 2008, he is Dean's Professor at the
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
.
In 1981 and from 1985 to 1986, he was at the
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including Albert Ein ...
in Princeton, New Jersey. He received the
Humboldt Research Award
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, while at the University of Heidelberg, from 1996 to 1998. He was also a visiting scholar and visiting professor at
ETH Zurich
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, at the
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (, MPIM) is a research institute located in Bonn, Germany. It is named in honor of the German physicist Max Planck
and forms part of the Max Planck Society (''Max-Planck-Gesellschaft''), an association o ...
in
Bonn
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, at the
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, in Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, at
Brown University
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, the
Hebrew University
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, and at the
Institut Henri Poincaré
The Henri Poincaré Institute (or IHP for ''Institut Henri Poincaré'') is a mathematics research institute part of Sorbonne University, in association with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). It is located in the 5th arrondi ...
. Since 2000, he has been on the Board of Trustees of the
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...
.
Friedlander is a co-editor of the ''
Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
The ''Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering that part of algebra likely to be of general mathematical interest: algebraic results with immediate applications, and the development of algebraic t ...
''. In 1998, he was an
invited speaker at the
International Congress of Mathematicians
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...
in
Berlin
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(''Geometry of infinitesimal group schemes'').
In 2012 he became a fellow of the
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...
.
List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2013-11-23.
Friedlander is married to another mathematician, Susan Friedlander
Susan Jean Friedlander (née Poate; born January 26, 1946) is an American mathematician. Her research concerns mathematical fluid dynamics, the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations.
Education
Friedlander graduated from University Coll ...
.
Works
*With Andrei Suslin
Andrei Suslin (, sometimes transliterated Souslin) was a Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic K-theory and its connections with algebraic geometry. He was a Trustee Chair and Professor of mathematics at Northwestern University.
He ...
and Vladimir Voevodsky
Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky (, ; 4 June 1966 – 30 September 2017) was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal ...
, ''Cycles, Transfers and Motivic Homology Theories,'' Annals of mathematical studies, Princeton University Press 2000 .
*With Barry Mazur
Barry Charles Mazur (; born December 19, 1937) is an American mathematician and the Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University. His contributions to mathematics include his contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in ...
, ''Filtration on the Homology of Algebraic Varieties,'' memoir of the AMS, 1994 .
*''Etale Homotopy of Simplicial Schemes,'' Annals of mathematical studies, Princeton University Press 1982 .
*Editor with Daniel Grayson, ''Handbook of K-Theory,'' 2 volumes, Springer Verlag 2005 .
*Editor with Spencer j. Bloch, R. k. Dennis, M.: ''Applications of algebraic K-theory to algebraic geometry and number theory,'' contemporary mathematics 55, 1986 .
*Editor with M. Stein, ''Algebraic K-theory'' (Evanston 1980), Springer Verlag, lecture notes in mathematics 854, 1981 .
*Editor with Mark Mahowald, ''Topology and representation theory, contemporary mathematics,'' volume 158, American Mathematical Society, 1994 .
*With Charles Weibel
Charles Alexander Weibel (born October 28, 1950, in Terre Haute, Indiana) is an American mathematician working on algebraic K-theory, algebraic geometry and homological algebra.
Weibel studied physics and mathematics at the University of Michiga ...
, ''An overview over algebraic K-theory, in Algebraic K-theory and its applications,'' World Scientific 1999, pp. 1–119 (1997 Trieste of lecture notes) .
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Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Swarthmore College alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Princeton University faculty
Northwestern University faculty
University of Southern California faculty
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Presidents of the American Mathematical Society
Topologists
Academic staff of ETH Zurich
Algebraic geometers
People from Santurce, Puerto Rico