Joseph Wedderburn
Joseph Wedderburn | |
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Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn (1882–1948) | |
| Born | 2 February 1882 Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
| Died | 9 October 1948 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Wedderburn-Etherington number Artin–Wedderburn theorem |
| Awards | MacDougall-Brisbane Gold Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | George Chrystal |
| Doctoral students | Merrill Flood Nathan Jacobson Ernst Snapper |
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS (2 February 1882 – 9 October 1948) was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field (Wedderburn's little theorem), and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras. He also worked on group theory and matrix algebra.
His younger brother was the lawyer Ernest Wedderburn.