Edgar H. Brown

Edgar H. Brown, Jr.
Born(1926-12-27)December 27, 1926
Oak Park, Illinois
DiedDecember 22, 2021(2021-12-22) (aged 94)
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forBrown's representability theorem
Brown–Peterson cohomology
Brown–Gitler spectrum
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBrandeis University
ThesisFinite Computability of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Groups (1954)
Doctoral advisorGeorge W. Whitehead
Doctoral studentsRalph Cohen
Douglas Ravenel
Terence Gaffney
Websitepeople.brandeis.edu/~brown

Edgar Henry Brown, Jr. (December 27, 1926 – December 22, 2021) was an American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology, and for many years a professor at Brandeis University.

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