Douglas Northcott
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Douglas Geoffrey Northcott, FRS (31 December 1916, London
– 8 April 2005) was a British
mathematician
who worked on ideal theory
.
He was educated at Christ's Hospital
and St John's College, Cambridge
.
He started research under the supervision of G.H. Hardy but his work was interrupted by service in World War II
after which he turned to algebra under the influence of Emil Artin
, whom he had met while visiting Princeton University
.
He became a Research Fellow of St John's College in 1948, then moved to the Town Trust Chair
of Pure Mathematics at Sheffield University in 1952. He was awarded the London Mathematical Society
Junior Berwick Prize
in 1953 and served as LMS Vice-President during 1968-69. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
London
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– 8 April 2005) was a British
United Kingdom
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mathematician
Mathematician
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who worked on ideal theory
Ideal theory
In mathematics, ideal theory is the theory of ideals in commutative rings; and is the precursor name for the contemporary subject of commutative algebra...
.
He was educated at Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
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.
He started research under the supervision of G.H. Hardy but his work was interrupted by service in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
after which he turned to algebra under the influence of Emil Artin
Emil Artin
Emil Artin was an Austrian-American mathematician of Armenian descent.-Parents:Emil Artin was born in Vienna to parents Emma Maria, née Laura , a soubrette on the operetta stages of Austria and Germany, and Emil Hadochadus Maria Artin, Austrian-born of Armenian descent...
, whom he had met while visiting Princeton University
Princeton University
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.
He became a Research Fellow of St John's College in 1948, then moved to the Town Trust Chair
Sheffield Town Trust
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of Pure Mathematics at Sheffield University in 1952. He was awarded the London Mathematical Society
London Mathematical Society
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Junior Berwick Prize
Berwick Prizes
The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the society to establish two prizes...
in 1953 and served as LMS Vice-President during 1968-69. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
Publications
- Northcott, D. G. Multilinear algebra. Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, Cambridge, 1984. ISBN 0-521-26269-0 - Northcott, D. G. A first course of homological algebra. Reprint of 1973 edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 1980. ISBN 0-521-29976-4 18-01
- Northcott, D. G. Affine sets and affine groups. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, 39. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York, 1980. ISBN 0-521-22909-X
- Northcott, D. G. Finite free resolutions. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, No. 71. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge-New York-Melbourne, 1976.
- Northcott, D. G. Lessons on rings, modules and multiplicities. Cambridge University Press, London 1968
- Northcott, D. G. An introduction to homological algebra. Cambridge University Press, New York 1960
- Northcott, D. G. Ideal theory. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, No. 42. Cambridge, at the University Press, 1953.