Robert S. Doran | |
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| Born | December 21, 1937 Winthrop, Iowa |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa University of Washington |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Operator Algebras Functional Analysis |
| Institutions | Texas Christian University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Oxford Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisors | J. M. G. Fell Ramesh Gangolli |
Robert Stuart Doran (born December 21, 1937) is an American mathematician. He held the John William and Helen Stubbs Potter Professorship in mathematics at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1995 until his retirement in 2016. Doran served as chair of the TCU mathematics department for 21 years.[1] He has also held visiting appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study. He was elected to the board of trustees of the Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study, serving as president of the organization for 10 years.[2][3] He has been an editor for the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Cambridge University Press, a position he has held since 1988.[4] Doran is known for his research-level books, his award-winning teaching, and for his solution to a long-standing open problem due to Irving Kaplansky on a symmetric *-algebra.[5]
- ^ "Doran Selected for Potter Mathematics Professorship". The Next Frontier Magazine of Texas Christian University. 21 (3): 4. Summer 1995.
- ^ "Mathematician named trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study". Texas Christian University: Research Bulletin: 7–8. Fall 1986.
- ^ "Community of Scholars". 9 December 2019.
- ^ Cambridge Core. "Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications." Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/encyclopedia-of-mathematics-and-its-applications/14161A9F36D6D0C9A650A4F86F74162D
- ^ Doran, Robert (1972). "A Generalization of a theorem of Civin and Yood". Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 4: 25–26. doi:10.1112/blms/4.1.25.