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David Buchsbaum

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David Alvin Buchsbaum (November 6, 1929[1] – January 8, 2021[2]) was a mathematician at Brandeis University who worked on commutative algebra, homological algebra, and representation theory. He proved the Auslander–Buchsbaum formula and the Auslander–Buchsbaum theorem.

Career

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Buchsbaum earned his Ph.D. under Samuel Eilenberg in 1954 from Columbia University with thesis Exact Categories and Duality.[3] Among his doctoral students are Peter J. Freyd and Hema Srinivasan. In 1995, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ CV for Buchsbaum from people.brandeis.org
  2. ^ "David Buchsbaum, 1929 – 2021". 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ David Buchsbaum at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10.
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