Mathematician:Isadore Manuel Singer

Mathematician

American mathematician working in the boundaries between pure mathematics and theoretical physics.

Abel Prize

Isadore Manuel Singer was awarded an Abel Prize with Michael Francis Atiyah in $\text {2004}$:

For their discovery and proof of the index theorem, bringing together topology, geometry and analysis, and their outstanding role in building new bridges between mathematics and theoretical physics.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: May 3, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Died: February 19, 2021 in Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Theorems and Definitions

• Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem (with Michael Francis Atiyah)
• Atiyah-Patodi-Singer Eta Invariant (with Michael Francis Atiyah and Vijay Kumar Patodi)
• Atiyah-Hitchin-Singer Theorem (with Michael Francis Atiyah and Nigel James Hitchin)
• Kadison-Singer Problem (with Richard Vincent Kadison)

Results named for Isadore Manuel Singer can be found here.

Publications

• 1967: Lecture Notes on Elementary Topology and Geometry (with J.A. Thorpe)

Also known as

Known informally as Is or Iz.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Isadore Manuel Singer": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive