Gian-Carlo Rota

1932 - 1999

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Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (9 books/articles)

Some Quotations (5)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Rota's lecture on Mathematical Snapshots (a pdf file)
  2. Gian-Carlo Rota on Alonzo Church
  3. Obituary: The New York Times

Honours awarded to Gian-Carlo Rota
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Hedrick lecturer1967
AMS Steele Prize1988
AMS Colloquium Lecturer1998

Other Web sites
  1. MIT (Obituary)
  2. MIT (An interview with Rota)
  3. Remembrances of Princeton in the early fifties
  1. Ohio State (Ten lessons I wish I'd been taught lecture)
  2. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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