George Mackey | |
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Born | February 1, 1916 |
Died | March 15, 2006 Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 90)
Education | Rice University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Known for | Locally convex spaces Mackey theory Quantum logic Mackey topology Mackey space Mackey–Arens theorem Mackey–Borel structure |
Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1975) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematical analysis |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Thesis | The Subspaces of the Conjugate of an Abstract Linear Space (1942) |
Doctoral advisor | Marshall H. Stone |
Doctoral students | John V. Breakwell Lawrence G. Brown Paul Chernoff Edward G. Effros Calvin C. Moore Richard Palais Caroline Series John Wermer Robert Zimmer |
Other notable students | Andrew M. Gleason |
George Whitelaw Mackey (February 1, 1916 – March 15, 2006) was an American mathematician known for his contributions to quantum logic, representation theory, and noncommutative geometry.