Joseph J. Rotman
Joseph J. Rotman (May 26, 1934 – October 16, 2016[1]) was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[2] and also a published author of 10 textbooks.
Rotman did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in 1959 with a thesis in abelian groups written under the direction of Irving Kaplansky. In 1959 he moved to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he spent the rest of his mathematical career. Rotman retired from UIUC in 2004.[3] His research interests lay in the area of algebra, involving abelian groups, modules, homological algebra, and combinatorics.[4]
Rotman was the Managing Editor of the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society in 1972-1973.[3] In 1985 he was the Annual Visiting Lecturer of the South African Mathematical Society.[5]
A partial list of Rotman's publications includes:
- An introduction to homological algebra (1979), Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 85, Academic Press; ISBN 0-12-599250-5
- An Introduction to Algebraic Topology (1988), Springer-Verlag; ISBN 0-387-96678-1
- An Introduction to the Theory of Groups (1995), Springer-Verlag; ISBN 0-387-94285-8
- A first course in abstract algebra (2000), Prentice Hall; ISBN 0-13-011584-3
- Advanced modern algebra (2002), Prentice Hall; ISBN 0-13-087868-5
- Journey into mathematics: an introduction to proofs (2006), Dover Publications; ISBN 0-486-45306-5
References
- ↑ Joseph Rotman (obituary), The News-Gazette, Tuesday, October 18, 2016.
- ↑ "J. Rotman". uiuc.edu. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- 1 2 Retirements: Joseph Rotman, Math Times, Spring 2004, p. 9, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- ↑ "J. Rotman". uiuc.edu. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ Faculty honors, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.