Nigel John Kalton (June 20, 1946 – August 31, 2010) was a

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- American

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, known for his contributions to

functional analysis Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics ...

Career

Kalton was born in

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and educated at Dulwich College, where he excelled at both mathematics and chess. After studying

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Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

, he received his PhD, which was awarded the Rayleigh Prize for research excellence, from

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in 1970. He then held positions at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Warwick, Swansea, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University, before becoming full professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1979. He received the Stefan Banach Medal from the

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in 2005. A conference in honour of his 60th birthday was held in Miami University of Ohio in 2006. He died in

Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1821 as the county seat of Boone County, Missouri, Boone County and had a population of 126,254 as recorded in the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Misso ...

, aged 64.

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External links

Memorial Webpage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalton, Nigel 1946 births 2010 deaths 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians University of Missouri faculty Functional analysts