Tom M. Apostol

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Tom Mike Apostol is an analytic number theorist who teaches at California Institute of Technology.

He was born in Helper, Utah in 1923. His mother, Efrosini Papathanasopoulos, was a mail-order bride from Greece. His father, Emmanouil Apostolopoulos, was a Greek immigrant who traveled to the United States in 1916. His name was shortened to Mike Apostol when he became an American citizen. Tom inherited this shortened name.

Apostol received his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Washington. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley; after which, he taught there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several influential graduate and undergraduate-level textbooks. He is a well-known teacher.

On Feb. 20 2001 he was also elected in the Greek Academy (http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12111.html)

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  • Mathematical Analysis: A modern approach to advanced calculus ISBN 0-201-00288-4
  • Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, (1976) Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0-387-90163-9
  • Modular Functions and Dirichlet Series in Number Theory, (1990) Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0-387-90185-X
  • Calculus, Volume 1, One-Variable Calculus with an Introduction to Linear Algebra ISBN 0-471-00005-1
  • Calculus, Volume 2, Multi-Variable Calculus and Linear Algebra with Applications ISBN 0-471-00007-8

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