ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Walter Rudin
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Austrian-born American mathematician best known for the widely-used college textbooks he wrote.
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Nationality
Austrian-American
History
- Born: 2 May 1921, Vienna, Austria
- 1938: Fled to France to escape Anschluss
- 1940: Continued flight to Britain, served in British Army and Navy
- 1945: Moved to United States
- 1947: Earned B.A. from Duke University in North Carolina
- 1949: Earned Ph.D. from Duke University in North Carolina
- 1952: Began teaching at University of Rochester
- 1953: Married Mary Ellen Estill
- 1959: Joined University of Wisconsin-Madison as a professor
- 1991: Retired, and wrote his autobiography
- Died: 20 May 2010, Princeton, New Jersey
Theorems and Definitions
Publications
- 1953: Principles of Mathematical Analysis (affectionately known as Baby Rudin)
- 1962: Fourier Analysis on Groups
- 1966: Real and Complex Analysis (affectionately known as Big Rudin)
- 1973: Functional Analysis
- 1969: Function Theory in Polydiscs
- 1980: Function Theory in the Unit Ball of $\C^n$
- 1991: The Way I Remember It (autobiography)
