Joseph Wedderburn
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Joseph Wedderburn was a Scottish mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebra, particularly in the development of ring theory and the structure theory of algebras.
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| Joseph Wedderburn canonical | 1 |
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Scottish mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | George Chrystal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-02-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Forfar
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Scotland ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1948-10-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
George Watson’s College
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Princeton University
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University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wedderburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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mathematics ⓘ ring theory ⓘ structure theory of algebras ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Wedderburn decomposition
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Wedderburn–Artin theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Wedderburn’s little theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Wedderburn’s theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ results on finite division rings ⓘ structure theory of semisimple algebras ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society
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Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lectures on Matrices
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On hypercomplex numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Theory of Matrices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
classification of finite division rings as fields
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development of modern ring theory ⓘ structure theory of simple and semisimple rings ⓘ |
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