Doctoral advisor Paul T. Bateman Fields Mathematics | Role Mathematician Name Marvin Knopp | |
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Born January 4, 1933
Chicago, Illinois ( 1933-01-04 ) Institutions University of Wisconsin
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Mark Sheingorn Died December 24, 2011, Boca Raton, Florida, United States Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Books Modular functions in analytic number theory, Hecke's Theory of Modular Forms and Dirichlet Series People also search for YoungJu Choie, Bruce C. Berndt, Robert C. Gunning | ||
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A tribute to marvin knopp
Marvin Isadore Knopp (January 4, 1933 – December 24, 2011) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. He made notable contributions to the theory of modular forms.
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Life and education
Knopp was born on 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his PhD under Paul T. Bateman from the University of Illinois in 1958 where he became friends with fellow student Gene Golub. Over the course of his career, he advised twenty Ph.D. students. He is the father of pianist Seth Knopp, and of Yehudah, Abby, and Elana. Marvin was married to Dr. Josephine Zadovsky Knopp for 25 years but the marriage ended in divorce. He spent the following 30 years with his love Phyllis Zemble. Knopp died on December 24, 2011 during a vacation in Florida. Marvin found happiness from his children, old movies, great music and numbers.
Career
After receiving his PhD in 1958, Knopp taught at the University of Wisconsin and then, for a few years, at the University of Illinois Chicago before moving, in 1976, to Temple University where he stayed until his sudden death in 2011. He was closely associated with Emil Grosswald. In Jean Dieudonne's influential book A Panorama of Pure Mathematics (Academic Press, 1982), he is mentioned (p. 95) as one of those who "made substantial contributions" to the theory of modular forms.