Samuel Carlos Gitler Hammer (July 14, 1933 – September 9, 2014)
CINVESTAV, retrieved 2012-05-19.Member biography
, Colegio Nacional, retrieved 2012-05-19. was a Mexican mathematician. He was an expert in

Yang–Mills theory In mathematical physics, Yang–Mills theory is a gauge theory based on a special unitary group SU(''N''), or more generally any compact, reductive Lie algebra. Yang–Mills theory seeks to describe the behavior of elementary particles using ...

and is known for the

Brown–Gitler spectrum In the mathematical discipline of topology, the Brown–Gitler spectrum is a Spectrum (topology), spectrum whose cohomology is a certain cyclic module over the Steenrod algebra. Brown–Gitler spectra are defined by the isomorphism: : \Sigma^n A/ ...

. Born to a

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...

ish family in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of ...

, Gitler studied

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...

, graduating in 1956. He then did his graduate studies in mathematics at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

with Norman Steenrod, earning a doctorate in 1960. He taught briefly at

Brandeis University Brandeis University is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational institution sponsored by the Jews, Jewish community, Brandeis was established on t ...

and then returned to Mexico, where he was one of the founders of the mathematics department of CINVESTAV. Gitler was president of the Mexican Mathematical Society from 1967 to 1969, and chair at CINVESTAV from 1973 to 1981. In the late 1980s he moved to the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

, where he chaired the mathematics department. After retiring from Rochester in 2000, he returned to CINVESTAV. Gitler won Mexico's National Prize for Science in 1976. In 1986 he became a member of the Colegio Nacional. 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 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gitler, Samuel 1933 births 2014 deaths Mexican people of Jewish descent Mexican mathematicians 20th-century Mexican mathematicians National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Princeton University alumni Brandeis University faculty University of Rochester faculty Mexican scientists Fellows of the American Mathematical Society People from Mexico City Topologists