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Victor L. Shapiro

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Victor Lenard Shapiro (16 October 1924, Chicago – 1 March 2013, Riverside, California) was an American mathematician, specializing in trigonometric series and differential equations.[1] He is known for his two theorems (published in 1957) on the uniqueness of multiple Fourier series.[2][3]

Biography

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In September 1944, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for action on the South Pacific island of Bougainville. In April 1945, serving as a combat medic with the 132nd infantry regiment, he was in the 6th wave of a beachhead landing on Cebu and saw much action in the ensuing campaign.[1]

From the University of Chicago, Shapiro received B.Sc. in 1947, M.Sc. in 1949, and Ph.D. in 1952, all in mathematics.[4] His thesis advisor was Antoni Zygmund.[5] Shapiro was from 1952 to 1960 a professor at Rutgers University and from 1960 to 1964 a professor at the University of Oregon with 3 sabbatical years (in 1953–1955 and 1958–1959) at the Institute for Advanced Study.[6] He was a professor at the University of California, Riverside from 1964 to 2010, when he retired as professor emeritus.[4][6] He was the author of several books and the author or coauthor of over 80 articles in refereed journals.[4]

Shapiro was elected in 2003 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and in 2012 a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).[1] In November 1995 in Riverside, California, a conference was held in his honor.[7]

Upon his death he was survived by his widow, 4 children, and 13 grandchildren.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. Victor L. Shapiro". legacy.com. 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ Shapiro, Victor L. (November 1957). "Uniqueness of Multiple Trigonometric Series". Annals of Mathematics. Second Series. 66 (3): 467–480. doi:10.2307/1969904. hdl:2027/mdp.39015095251560. JSTOR 1969904.
  3. ^ Ash, J. Marshall (1989). "Uniqueness of representation by trigonometric series" (PDF). The American Mathematical Monthly. 96 (10): 873–885. doi:10.1080/00029890.1989.11972299.
  4. ^ a b c "Victor L. Shapiro, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus" (PDF). Mathematics Department, U. C. Riverside. 7 March 2013.
  5. ^ Victor Lenard Shapiro at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ a b "Victor L. Shapiro". ias.edu. 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ Lapidus, Michel L.; Harper, Lawrence H.; Rumbos, Adolfo J., eds. (1997). Harmonic analysis and nonlinear differential equations : a volume in honor of Victor L. Shapiro : November 3-5, 1995, University of California, Riverside. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 9780821805657.