Sheldon Axler
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Sheldon Jay Axler is an American
mathematician, professor of mathematics and the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University
. He has made contributions to mathematics education, publishing several mathematics textbooks.
He went to Palmetto High School at Miami, Florida (1967). Gained his AB in mathematics with highest honors at Princeton University
(1971) and a PhD
in mathematics, under professor Donald Sarason from the University of California, Berkeley
(1975, Dissertation: "Subalgebras of L∞" ).
He taught for many years and became a Full Professor at Michigan State University
. In 1997 Axler moved to San Francisco State University
where he became the Chair of the Mathematics Department.
Axler received the Lester Ford Award for expository writing in 1996 from the Mathematical Association of America
.
He was an Associate Editor of the American Mathematical Monthly
and the Editor-in-Chief of the Mathematical Intelligencer
.
Axler's book Linear Algebra Done Right eschews the use of determinant
s, in favor of other methods.
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mathematician, professor of mathematics and the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
. He has made contributions to mathematics education, publishing several mathematics textbooks.
He went to Palmetto High School at Miami, Florida (1967). Gained his AB in mathematics with highest honors at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(1971) and a PhD
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in mathematics, under professor Donald Sarason from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(1975, Dissertation: "Subalgebras of L∞" ).
He taught for many years and became a Full Professor at Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
. In 1997 Axler moved to San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
where he became the Chair of the Mathematics Department.
Axler received the Lester Ford Award for expository writing in 1996 from the Mathematical Association of America
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists;...
.
He was an Associate Editor of the American Mathematical Monthly
American Mathematical Monthly
The American Mathematical Monthly is a mathematical journal founded by Benjamin Finkel in 1894. It is currently published 10 times each year by the Mathematical Association of America....
and the Editor-in-Chief of the Mathematical Intelligencer
Mathematical Intelligencer
The Mathematical Intelligencer is a mathematical journal published by Springer Verlag that aims at a conversational and scholarly tone, rather than the technical and specialist tone more common amongst such journals.-Mathematical Conversations:...
.
Axler's book Linear Algebra Done Right eschews the use of determinant
Determinant
In linear algebra, the determinant is a value associated with a square matrix. It can be computed from the entries of the matrix by a specific arithmetic expression, while other ways to determine its value exist as well...
s, in favor of other methods.
Books
- Sheldon Axler. Linear Algebra Done Right, second edition, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer, 1997 (twelfth printing, 2009).
- Sheldon Axler, John E. McCarthy, and Donald Sarason, editors. Holomorphic Spaces, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Sheldon Axler, Paul Bourdon, and Wade Ramey. Harmonic Function Theory, second edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer, 2001.
- Sheldon Axler. Harmonic Function Theory software, a Mathematica package for symbolic manipulation of harmonic functions, version 7.00, released 1 January 2009 (previous versions released in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2008).
- Sheldon Axler. Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus, Wiley, 2009 (third printing, 2010).
- Sheldon Axler, Peter Rosenthal, and Donald Sarason, editors. A Glimpse at Hilbert Space Operators, Birkhäuser, 2010.
- Sheldon Axler. College Algebra, Wiley, 2011.
- Sheldon Axler. Algebra & Trigonometry, Wiley, January 2011.