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Article: MAURICE AUSLANDER, 68, MATHEMATICIAN.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 10, 1994
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Byline: New York Times
Maurice Auslander, a mathematician who conceived several algebraic systems that bear his name, died on Nov. 18 in Trondheim, Norway. A professor at Brandeis University since 1957, he was 68 and lived in West Roxbury, Mass.
The cause was cancer, said Gordana Todorov of Newton Center, Mass., a collaborator and former student who is a professor at Northeastern University.
When he died, Auslander, a prominent teacher as well as researcher, was on a tour of academic centers where he worked.
His development of new theories in the study of abstract algebra helped applied mathematicians gain working tools to solve ...