Donald Solitar

For the ball used in hurling, see sliotar.

Donald Solitar (September 5, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, United States – April 28, 2008 in Toronto, Canada) was an American and Canadian mathematician, known for his work in combinatorial group theory.[1][2] The Baumslag–Solitar groups are named after him and Gilbert Baumslag, after their joint 1962 paper on these groups.

  1. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Donald Solitar", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  2. ^ Burns, Bob; Kleiner, Israel; Pietrowski, Alfred, Professor Donald Solitar, Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2014-08-24. Reprinted as "Donald M. Solitar *55", Princeton Alumni Weekly, July 15, 2009 and as "Professor Donald Solitar, renowned mathematician", YFile, York University, May 13, 2008, archived from the original on August 26, 2014, retrieved August 25, 2014.