Biography:José Adem
José Adem | |
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| Born | Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Died | 14 February 1991 (aged 69) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Alma mater | National University of Mexico (B.S., 1949) Princeton University (Ph.D., 1952) |
| Known for | Adem relations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic Topology |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Steenrod |
José Adem (27 October 1921 – 14 February 1991) was a Mexican mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, and proved the Adem relations between Steenrod squares.
Life and education
Born José Adem Chahín[1] in Tuxpan, Veracruz, (published his works as José Adem), Adem showed an interest in mathematics from an early age, and moved to Mexico City in 1941 to pursue a degree in engineering and mathematics. He obtained his B.S. in mathematics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1949.[2] During this time met Solomon Lefschetz, a famous algebraic topologist who was spending prolonged periods of time in Mexico. Lefschetz recognized Adem's mathematical talent, and sent him as a doctoral student to Princeton University where he graduated in 1952.[3] His dissertation, Iterations of the squaring operations in algebraic topology, was written under the supervision of Norman Steenrod and introduced what are now called the Adem relations.[4]
His brother is geophysicist Julián Adem, who obtained a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1953.[5] Julián's son is topologist Alejandro Adem.[6]
Career
Adem became a researcher at the Mathematics Institute of UNAM (1954–1961), and then head of the Mathematics Department at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (1961–1973).[1] He was elected to El Colegio Nacional on 4 April 1960.[2]
In 1951 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[7] In 1956, Adem started the second series of the Boletín de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana.[3]
Publications
- Adem, José (1952). "The iteration of the Steenrod squares in algebraic topology". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 38 (8): 720–726. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.8.720. PMID 16589167. Bibcode: 1952PNAS...38..720A.
- Adem, José (1953). "Relations on iterated reduced powers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 39 (7): 636–638. doi:10.1073/pnas.39.7.636. PMID 16589316. Bibcode: 1953PNAS...39..636A.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Silva Herzog, Jesús. "Adem Chahín, José (1921-1991)". Biografías de amigos y conocidos, via www.encyclopedia.com. https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/adem-chahin-jose-1921-1991. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biography of José Ádem". El Colegio Nacional (Mexico). http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/AdemJo0.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adem Díaz de León, Alejandro. "Biography of José Adem" (in Spanish). Sociedad Matemática Mexicana. http://www.matmor.unam.mx/~muciray/smm/60/adem.html.
- ↑ José Adem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Julián Adem at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Bonato, Anthony (2017-02-15). "Interview with a Mathematician: Alejandro Adem". The Intrepid Mathematician. https://anthonybonato.com/2017/02/15/interview-with-a-mathematician-alejandro-adem/.
- ↑ "Guggenheim Fellowship for José Adem". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/jose-adem/.
External links
- Gitler, Samuel, ed (1982). Symposium on Algebraic Topology in honor of José Adem. Papers from the Symposium held in Oaxtepec, August 10–17, 1981. Contemporary Mathematics. 12. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 0-8218-5010-5.
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