Saunders Mac Lane
Saunders Mac Lane | |
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| Born | Leslie Saunders MacLane August 4, 1909 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 2005 (aged 95) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Known for | Acyclic model Category theory Shuffle algebra Standard complex Mac Lane coherence theorem Mac Lane set theory Mac Lane's condition Mac Lane's planarity criterion Eilenberg–MacLane space Steinitz–Mac Lane exchange lemma |
| Spouse | Dorothy Jones (m. 1934) |
| Awards | Chauvenet Prize (1941) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1986) National Medal of Science (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical logic Algebraic number theory Algebraic topology |
| Institutions | Harvard University Cornell University University of Chicago Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Weyl Paul Bernays |
| Doctoral students | |
Saunders Mac Lane (August 4, 1909 – April 14, 2005), born Leslie Saunders MacLane, was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.