Murray Gerstenhaber | |
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![]() Gerstenhaber in 2010 | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | June 5, 1927
Died | February 21, 2024 | (aged 96)
Citizenship | American |
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, professor of mathematics, lawyer, lecturer in law |
Known for | |
Spouse | Ruth Priscilla Zager |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Pauline (née Rosenzweig) and Joseph Gerstenhaber |
Awards | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Thesis | Rings of Derivations (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | Abraham Adrian Albert |
Murray Gerstenhaber (June 5, 1927 – February 21, 2024) was an American mathematician, physicist, and lawyer. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, best known for his contributions to theoretical physics with his discovery of Gerstenhaber algebra. He was also a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.