Hale Trotter

Canadian mathematician

Hale Freeman Trotter (30 May 1931 – 17 January 2022)[1] was a Canadian-American mathematician. He was known for the Lie–Trotter product formula,[2] the Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm, and the Lang–Trotter conjecture. He was born in Kingston, Ontario.

Hale Trotter
Hale Trotter, Berkeley 1978
Born(1931-05-30)30 May 1931
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Known forLie–Trotter product formula
Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm
Lang–Trotter conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Doctoral advisorWilliam Feller

Trotter died in Princeton, New Jersey on 17 January 2022, aged 90.[3]

References

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  1. biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
  2. Trotter, H. F. (1959), "On the product of semi-groups of operators", Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 10 (4): 545–551, doi:10.2307/2033649, ISSN 0002-9939, JSTOR 2033649, MR 0108732
  3. "In Memory of Hale Freeman Trotter". Mather-Hodge Funeral Home. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-02-08.