Arthur Mattuck
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Arthur Paul Mattuck (June 11, 1930[1] – October 8, 2021[1][2]) was an emeritus professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] He may be best known for his 1998 book, Introduction to Analysis (Template:ISBN) and his differential equations video lectures featured on MIT's OpenCourseWare.[4]
Mattuck was a student of Emil Artin at Princeton University, where he completed his PhD in 1954.[5]
Recognition
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
Personal life
From 1959 to 1977 Mattuck was married to chemist Joan Berkowitz.[7] Mattuck is quoted extensively in Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash, A Beautiful Mind.
He was the brother of the physicist Richard Mattuck.
He died on October 8, 2021, at age of 91. He was survived by his daughter Rosemary and her partner Jeffrey Broadman, and three nephews (Allan, Robin, and Martin).[2]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the Mathematics Genealogy ProjectTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Initial lecture to 18.03 Differential equations, by Prof. Arthur Mattuck-- demonstrating Prof. Mattuck's ability to jump his students into quick learning
- Prof. Arthur Mattuck Home Page
- "The Unofficial 18.02/18.03 Quote Book"
- Pages with script errors
- 1930 births
- 2021 deaths
- Academics from Brooklyn
- American textbook writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Swarthmore College alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society