Bertram Kostant

American mathematician (1928-2017) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 88

Bertram Kostant was an American mathematician who worked in representation theory, differential geometry, and mathematical physics.

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A life in dates

2017Died2 February 20172016Wigner MedalAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward1990Leroy P. Steele PrizeAward1928Born24 May 1928

Also in Deutsch

Wigner Medal2016

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Leroy P. Steele Prize1990

Guggenheim Fellowship

Country

United States