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31: 532: 110:, where he became assistant professor in 1969, associate professor in 1972, and full professor in 1976. He served as assistant department head several times. From 1995 to 1997 he was Deputy Director of the 497: 517: 502: 512: 507: 246: 111: 346: 527: 233: 522: 107: 191: 218: 210: 182: 430: 387: 42: 258: 327: 223: 206: 153: 122: 351: 80: 537: 399: 166: 146: 103: 492: 487: 201: 115: 341: 88: 98: 229: 214: 176: 142: 449: 409: 138: 134: 60: 293: 68: 481: 242: 383: 454: 414: 64: 308: 92: 59:; born 6 February 1942) is a Hong Kong-American mathematician specializing in 370: 273: 269: 323: 30: 533:
University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
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267:Representations of Finite Groups: A Hundred Years. 228:Springer, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 1999, 190:Benjamin 1973, 1980; new version published as 102:. Subsequently, he was an instructor at the 8: 498:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 171:Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer, 1978 433:Introduction to quadratic forms over fields 247:Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics 193:Introduction to Quadratic Forms over Fields 253:Orderings, Valuations and Quadratic Forms. 453: 413: 188:The Algebraic Theory of Quadratic Forms. 112:Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 79:Lam earned his bachelor's degree at the 347:MacTutor History of Mathematics archive 340:O'Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F, 286: 276:. Notices of the AMS 1998. (pdf files) 518:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong 503:20th-century Hong Kong mathematicians 390:Serre's problem on projective modules 342:"The Leroy P Steele Prize of the AMS" 196:, American Mathematical Society, 2005 141:Research Professor; and in 1981–82 a 7: 513:21st-century American mathematicians 508:20th-century American mathematicians 319: 317: 304: 302: 260:Exercises in Classical Ring Theory. 239:Sums of squares of real polynomials 152:In 2012 he became a fellow of the 108:University of California, Berkeley 106:and since 1968 he has been at the 25: 27:Hong Kong-American mathematician 121:Among his doctoral students is 429:Bayer-Fluckinger, Eva (2008). 225:Lectures on Modules and Rings. 145:. In 1982 he was awarded the 55: 46: 1: 528:University of Chicago faculty 455:10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01200-7 442:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 415:10.1090/s0273-0979-08-01171-3 328:Mathematics Genealogy Project 207:Graduate Texts in Mathematics 154:American Mathematical Society 241:. (with Man-Duen Choi & 309:Curriculum vitae: T. Y. Lam 133:From 1972 to 1974 he was a 554: 523:Columbia University alumni 352:University of St Andrews 373:, retrieved 2013-01-12. 296:, retrieved 2014-08-13. 95:, with a thesis titled 81:University of Hong Kong 400:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 311:, retrieved 2013-01-12 35: 324:T.-Y. (Tsit-Yuen) Lam 202:Non-Commutative Rings 160:Selected publications 147:Leroy P. Steele Prize 104:University of Chicago 33: 116:Berkeley, California 175:Serre’s Problem on 149:for his textbooks. 99:Grothendieck Groups 89:Columbia University 200:A First Course in 183:2nd printing, 2010 177:Projective Modules 167:Serre’s Conjecture 36: 249:58, 103–126, 1995 234:978-0-387-98428-5 209:, Springer 1991, 143:Guggenheim Fellow 129:Awards and honors 16:(Redirected from 545: 460: 459: 457: 439: 426: 420: 419: 417: 396: 384:Swan, Richard G. 380: 374: 368: 362: 360: 359: 358: 337: 331: 321: 312: 306: 297: 291: 211:2nd edition 2001 83:in 1963 and his 57: 48: 21: 553: 552: 548: 547: 546: 544: 543: 542: 478: 477: 469: 464: 463: 437: 428: 427: 423: 394: 382: 381: 377: 369: 365: 356: 354: 339: 338: 334: 322: 315: 307: 300: 294:Faculty Website 292: 288: 283: 181:Springer 2006; 162: 137:; in 1978–79 a 131: 77: 75:Academic career 69:quadratic forms 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 551: 549: 541: 540: 535: 530: 525: 520: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 480: 479: 476: 475: 473:Lam's homepage 468: 467:External links 465: 462: 461: 448:(3): 479–484. 421: 408:(3): 451–457. 375: 363: 332: 313: 298: 285: 284: 282: 279: 278: 277: 264: 256: 250: 236: 221: 197: 185: 172: 161: 158: 130: 127: 91:in 1967 under 76: 73: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 550: 539: 538:Living people 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 504: 501: 499: 496: 494: 491: 489: 486: 485: 483: 474: 471: 470: 466: 456: 451: 447: 443: 436: 435:by T. Y. Lam" 434: 425: 422: 416: 411: 407: 403: 401: 393: 392:by T. Y. Lam" 391: 385: 379: 376: 372: 367: 364: 353: 349: 348: 343: 336: 333: 329: 325: 320: 318: 314: 310: 305: 303: 299: 295: 290: 287: 280: 275: 271: 268: 265: 263:Springer 1985 262: 261: 257: 254: 251: 248: 244: 243:Bruce Reznick 240: 237: 235: 231: 227: 226: 222: 220: 219:0-387-95325-6 216: 212: 208: 205: 203: 198: 195: 194: 189: 186: 184: 180: 178: 173: 170: 168: 164: 163: 159: 157: 155: 150: 148: 144: 140: 136: 128: 126: 124: 123:Richard Elman 119: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 100: 94: 90: 86: 82: 74: 72: 70: 66: 63:, especially 62: 58: 52: 44: 40: 39:Tsit Yuen Lam 34:Tsit Yuen Lam 32: 19: 445: 441: 432: 424: 405: 398: 389: 378: 366: 355:, retrieved 345: 335: 289: 266: 259: 252: 238: 224: 199: 192: 187: 174: 165: 151: 135:Sloan Fellow 132: 120: 96: 78: 54: 38: 37: 493:1942 births 488:Algebraists 65:ring theory 56:Lín Jiéxuán 482:Categories 357:2013-01-12 281:References 93:Hyman Bass 431:"Review: 388:"Review: 18:T. Y. Lam 386:(2008). 255:AMS 1983 326:at the 274:Part II 61:algebra 43:Chinese 402:(N.S.) 270:Part I 232:  217:  139:Miller 53:: 51:pinyin 45:: 438:(PDF) 395:(PDF) 85:Ph.D. 230:ISBN 215:ISBN 67:and 450:doi 410:doi 245:), 114:in 97:On 87:at 47:林節玄 484:: 446:45 444:. 440:. 406:45 404:. 397:. 350:, 344:, 316:^ 301:^ 272:, 213:, 156:. 125:. 118:. 71:. 49:; 458:. 452:: 418:. 412:: 361:. 330:. 204:. 179:. 169:. 41:( 20:)

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T. Y. Lam

Chinese
pinyin
algebra
ring theory
quadratic forms
University of Hong Kong
Ph.D.
Columbia University
Hyman Bass
Grothendieck Groups
University of Chicago
University of California, Berkeley
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Berkeley, California
Richard Elman
Sloan Fellow
Miller
Guggenheim Fellow
Leroy P. Steele Prize
American Mathematical Society
Serre’s Conjecture
Projective Modules
2nd printing, 2010
Introduction to Quadratic Forms over Fields
Non-Commutative Rings
Graduate Texts in Mathematics
2nd edition 2001
ISBN

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