Nationality American Fields Mathematics Name Ellis Kolchin | Alma mater Columbia University Institutions Columbia University Doctoral advisor Joseph Ritt | |
Born April 18, 1916
New York City, USA ( 1916-04-18 ) Doctoral students Azriel Rosenfeld
Irving Adler Known for Lie–Kolchin theorem
Kolchin topology Died October 30, 1991, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Education Columbia University (1942) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada Books Differential Algebra & Algebraic, Differential Algebraic Groups, Selected works of Ellis Kolc |
Ellis Robert Kolchin (April 18, 1916 – October 30, 1991) was an American mathematician at Columbia University. Kolchin earned a doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University in 1941 under supervision of Joseph Ritt. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954 and 1961.
Kolchin worked on differential algebra and its relation to differential equations, and founded the modern theory of linear algebraic groups. His doctoral students include Azriel Rosenfeld and Irving Adler.
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