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600: 613: 25: 606: 133: 295:, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. During the Second World War, he taught mathematics to military personnel. After the war, he stayed at Harvard and earned his PhD 1950 under the supervision of 699: 420: 650: 312: 239: 390: 669: 319:
in 1969, where he remained for the rest of his life. He became the founding director of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (
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578: 61: 636: 46: 385: 380: 573: 355: 68: 485: 75: 330:, as a leader in directing the classification of finite simple groups, one of the largest collaborative pieces of 35: 684: 563: 57: 300: 153: 679: 674: 172: 553: 549: 517: 512: 364: 425: 327: 316: 299:. In his dissertation, Gorenstein introduced a duality principle for plane curves that motivated 292: 243: 184: 362:(1982). In 1985, he wrote an article explaining his mathematical work to the layperson for the 82: 464: 339: 335: 620: 526: 331: 308: 265: 250: 235: 599: 612: 304: 195: 530: 663: 460: 296: 281: 255: 351: 207: 326:
He was recognized, in addition to his own research contributions such as work on
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Gorenstein mastered calculus at age 12 and subsequently matriculated at
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Finite Simple Groups: An Introduction to Their Classification
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He died in 1992 after a brief illness. He was 69 years old.
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In 1978 he gained membership in the 286:classification of finite simple groups 199:Classification of simple finite groups 579:Obituary: Professor Daniel Gorenstein 486:"A History of Mathematics at Rutgers" 391:Peterson–Gorenstein–Zierler algorithm 348:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7: 670:20th-century American mathematicians 595: 593: 511:Gorenstein, Daniel (December 1985). 450: 448: 414: 412: 410: 408: 406: 354:in mathematical exposition from the 47:adding citations to reliable sources 419:Saxon, Wolfgang (August 28, 1992). 623:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 531:10.1038/scientificamerican1285-104 334:ever attempted. In 1972 he was a 16:American mathematician (1923–1992) 14: 611: 604: 598: 23: 34:needs additional citations for 1: 574:Mathematics Genealogy Project 356:American Mathematical Society 350:. In 1989 Gorenstein won the 705:American mathematician stubs 584:Daniel Gorenstein, 1923-1992 344:National Academy of Sciences 307:. 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