Tom M. Apostol
Tom M. Apostol | |
|---|---|
| Tom Apostol 1965 Apostol in 1965 | |
| Born | August 20, 1923 Helper, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | May 8, 2016 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | University of Washington (B.S., M.S.) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Derrick Henry Lehmer |
| Doctoral students | Basil Gordon Abe Sklar |
Tom Mike Apostol (/əˈpɑːsəl/ ə-POSS-əl;[1] August 20, 1923 – May 8, 2016)[2] was an American mathematician and professor at the California Institute of Technology specializing in analytic number theory, best known as the author of widely used mathematical textbooks.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Apostol was born on August 20, 1923, in Helper, Utah. His parents, Emmanouil Apostolopoulos and Efrosini Papathanasopoulos, were Greek immigrants.[3] Apostolopoulos's name was shortened to Mike Apostol when he obtained his United States citizenship, and Tom Apostol inherited this Americanized surname.[3]
Apostol received his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering in 1944, Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Washington in 1946, and a PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948.[4] Thereafter Apostol was a faculty member at UC Berkeley, MIT, and Caltech. He was the author of several influential graduate and undergraduate level textbooks.
Apostol was the creator and project director for Project MATHEMATICS! producing videos which explore basic topics in high school mathematics. He helped popularize the visual calculus devised by Mamikon Mnatsakanian with whom he also wrote a number of papers, many of which appeared in the American Mathematical Monthly. He also provided academic content for an acclaimed video lecture series on introductory physics, The Mechanical Universe.
In 2001, Apostol was elected in the Academy of Athens.[5][6] He received a Lester R. Ford Award in 2005,[7][8][9] in 2008,[10] and in 2010.[11] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[12]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Mathematical Analysis: A Modern Approach to Advanced Calculus, (1957) Addison-Wesley, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, (1976) Springer-Verlag, New York. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Modular Functions and Dirichlet Series in Number Theory, (1990) Springer-Verlag, New York. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Calculus, Volume 1, One-variable calculus, with an introduction to linear algebra, (1967) Wiley, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Calculus, Volume 2, Multi-variable calculus and linear algebra with applications to differential equations and probability, (1969) Wiley, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Mechanical Universe: Mechanics and Heat, Advanced Edition Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (with Steven C. Frautschi, Richard P. Olenick, and David L. Goodstein)
- New Horizons in Geometry Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (with Mamikon Mnatsakanian)
Notes
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- ^ Tom M. Apostol at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ «Professor Elected to Greek Academy», Caltech Media Relations.
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- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-03.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Tom M. Apostol, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Caltech
- A VISUAL Approach to CALCULUS problems
- Tom M. Apostol at IMDb
- Project MATHEMATICS!
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- 1923 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- 20th-century Greek mathematicians
- American number theorists
- University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
- UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
- University of California, Berkeley faculty
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- American textbook writers
- People from Helper, Utah
- American people of Greek descent
- Mathematicians from Utah
- University of Washington College of Engineering alumni
- Corresponding Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)