A. A. Albert | |
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Born | Abraham Adrian Albert November 9, 1905 Chicago, US |
Died | June 6, 1972 Chicago, US | (aged 66)
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Known for | Albert algebras |
Awards | Cole Prize (1939) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | mathematics |
Institutions | Columbia University University of Chicago |
Doctoral advisor | L. E. Dickson |
Doctoral students | Richard Block Nathan Divinsky Murray Gerstenhaber Anatol Rapaport Richard D. Schafer Daniel Zelinsky |
Abraham Adrian Albert (November 9, 1905 – June 6, 1972) was an American mathematician.[1] In 1939, he received the American Mathematical Society's Cole Prize in Algebra for his work on Riemann matrices.[2] He is best known for his work on the Albert–Brauer–Hasse–Noether theorem on finite-dimensional division algebras over number fields and as the developer of Albert algebras, which are also known as exceptional Jordan algebras.