David Goss | |
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 David Goss in 1979 (photo by George Bergman) | |
| Born | April 20, 1952 |
| Died | April 4, 2017 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Ohio State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Mazur |
David Mark Goss (April 20, 1952 – April 4, 2017[1]) was a mathematician, a professor in the department of mathematics at Ohio State University,[2] and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Number Theory.[3] He received his B.S. in mathematics in 1973 from University of Michigan[2] and his Ph.D. in 1977 from Harvard University under the supervision of Barry Mazur;[4] prior to Ohio State he held positions at Princeton University, Harvard, the University of California, Berkeley, and Brandeis University.[2] He worked on function fields and introduced the Goss zeta function.
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]
- ^ "David Mark Goss's Obituary on The Columbus Dispatch". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ a b c OSU Faculty Profile Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Journal of Number Theory home page.
- ^ David Goss at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.