Burton Rodin
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Burt Rodin is an American
mathematician
known for his research in conformal mapping and Riemann surfaces. He was a professor at the University of California, San Diego
1970–1994 where he was Chair of the Mathematics Department 1977–1981. He became Professor Emeritus in June 1994.
He received a Ph. D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1961. His thesis, titled “Reproducing kernels and principal functions”, was written under the supervision of Leo Sario.
-Ostrowski
problem for derivatives of conformal mappings at the boundary, jointly with Stefan E. Warschawski
. In 1987 he proved the Thurston conjecture for circle packings, jointly with Dennis Sullivan
. His 1968 work on extremal length of Riemann surfaces, together with an observation of Mikhail Katz
, yielded the first systolic geometry inequality for surfaces independent of their genus.
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known for his research in conformal mapping and Riemann surfaces. He was a professor at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
1970–1994 where he was Chair of the Mathematics Department 1977–1981. He became Professor Emeritus in June 1994.
He received a Ph. D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1961. His thesis, titled “Reproducing kernels and principal functions”, was written under the supervision of Leo Sario.
Mathematical contributions
In 1980 he solved the VisserVisser
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-Ostrowski
Ostrowski
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problem for derivatives of conformal mappings at the boundary, jointly with Stefan E. Warschawski
Stefan E. Warschawski
Stefan E. Warschawski was a mathematician, a professor and department chair at the University of Minnesota and the founder of the mathematics department at the University of California, San Diego....
. In 1987 he proved the Thurston conjecture for circle packings, jointly with Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Parnell Sullivan is an American mathematician. He is known for work in topology, both algebraic and geometric, and on dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and is a professor at Stony Brook University.-Work in topology:He...
. His 1968 work on extremal length of Riemann surfaces, together with an observation of Mikhail Katz
Mikhail Katz
Mikhail Katz is an Israeli mathematician, a professor of mathematics at Bar Ilan University. His main interests are differential geometry and geometric topology; he is the author of a book about systolic geometry....
, yielded the first systolic geometry inequality for surfaces independent of their genus.
Selected books
- B. Rodin and L. Sario, Principal Functions, D. Van Nostrand Co., Princeton, N.J., 1968, 347 pages.
- B. Rodin, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1970, 800 pages.