Seymour Saul Lipschutz (born 1931 died March 2018) was an author of technical books on

pure mathematics Pure mathematics is the study of mathematical concepts independently of any application outside mathematics. These concepts may originate in real-world concerns, and the results obtained may later turn out to be useful for practical applications ...

and

probability Probability is a branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an e ...

, including a collection of

Schaum's Outlines Schaum's Outlines () is a series of supplementary texts for American high school, AP, and college-level courses, currently published by McGraw-Hill Education Professional, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Education. The outlines cover a wide variety of ...

. Lipschutz received his Ph.D. in 1960 from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

's Courant Institute . He received his BA and MA degrees in Mathematics at

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

. He was a mathematics professor at

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

, and before that on the faculty at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

Bibliography

*Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics *Schaum's Outline of Probability *Schaum's Outline of Finite Mathematics *Schaum's Outline of Linear Algebra *Schaum's Outline of Beginning Linear Algebra *Schaum's Outline of Set Theory *Schaum's Outline of General Topology *Schaum's Outline of Data Structures *Schaum's Outline of Differential Geometry

References

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