George Mackey
George Mackey | |
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| Born | February 1, 1916 |
| Died | March 15, 2006 (aged 90) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Rice University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known for | Locally convex spaces Mackey theory Quantum logic Mackey topology Mackey space Mackey–Arens theorem Mackey functor Mackey–Borel structure |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical analysis |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The Subspaces of the Conjugate of an Abstract Linear Space (1942) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marshall H. Stone |
| Doctoral students | John V. Breakwell Lawrence G. Brown Paul Chernoff Edward G. Effros Calvin C. Moore Richard Palais Caroline Series John Wermer Robert Zimmer |
| Other notable students | Andrew M. Gleason |
George Whitelaw Mackey (February 1, 1916 – March 15, 2006) was an American mathematician known for his contributions to quantum logic, representation theory, and noncommutative geometry.