Peter J. Freyd
Peter J. Freyd | |
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Freyd in 2008 | |
| Born | February 5, 1936 (age 89) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Allegory Freyd cover Freyd's adjoint functor theorem Freyd–Mitchell theorem HOMFLY polynomial |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Category theory |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisors | Norman Steenrod David Buchsbaum |
| Doctoral students | David E. Joyce |
Peter John Freyd (/fraɪd/; born February 5, 1936) is an American mathematician, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for work in category theory and for founding the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.