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Alberto Calderón

Argentine mathematician (1920-1998) · Argentina · Academics · Died at 77

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Alberto Pedro Calderón was an Argentine mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, the analyst Antoni Zygmund, developed the theory of singular integral operators.

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1998Died16 April 19981997Honorary Doctorate of the Autonomous University of MadridAward1991National Medal of ScienceAward1989Leroy P. Steele PrizeAwardWolf Prize in MathematicsAward1979Bôcher Memorial PrizeAward1920Born14 September 1920

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Honorary Doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid1997
National Medal of Science1991
Wolf Prize in Mathematics1989
Leroy P. Steele Prize1989
Bôcher Memorial Prize1979

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Alberto Pedro Calderón was an Argentine mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, the analyst Antoni Zygmund, developed the theory of singular integral operators. This created the "Chicago School of (hard) Analysis".

Country
Argentina
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1998 · aged 77

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