Robert Steinberg

Not to be confused with Robert Steinberg (chocolate maker).

Robert Steinberg (May 25, 1922 Soroki, Bessarabia, Romania (present-day Soroca, Moldavia)– May 25, 2014[1]) was a mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He introduced the Steinberg representation, the Lang–Steinberg theorem, the Steinberg group in algebraic K-theory, Steinberg's formula in representation theory, and the Steinberg groups in Lie theory that yield finite simple groups over finite fields.

He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1948. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1966, won the Steele Prize in 1985, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985, and won the Jeffery–Williams Prize in 1990. He retired from UCLA in 1992. In 2003 the Journal of Algebra published a special issue to celebrate Robert Steinberg's 80th birthday.

I have had a good life.

– Robert Steinberg

Selected publications

References

  1. "In Memoriam: Robert Steinberg". UCLA Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  2. Magid, Andy R. (1975). "Review: Conjugacy classes in algebraic groups, by Robert Steinberg" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 81 (2): 397–400. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1975-13753-0.

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