University of Zurich University of Riga University of Prague (PhD)
Known for
Bers compactification Bers area inequality Bers slice Density theorem for Kleinian groups Measurable Riemann mapping theorem Pseudoanalytic function Simultaneous uniformization theorem Universal Teichmüller space
Children
Victor Bers (son)
Awards
Leroy P. Steele Prize (1975) Guggenheim Fellowship (1975)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
New York University Columbia University Brown University Syracuse University
Doctoral advisor
Charles Loewner
Doctoral students
Enrico Arbarello
Jane Piore Gilman
Irwin Kra
Linda Keen
Bernard Maskit
Alexander Nagel
Murray H. Protter
Rubí Rodríguez
Lesley Sibner
Tilla Weinstein
Raymond O. Wells, Jr.
Lipman Bers (Latvian: Lipmans Berss; May 22, 1914 – October 29, 1993) was a Latvian-American mathematician, born in Riga, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. He was also known for his work in human rights activism.[1][2]
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LipmanBers (Latvian: Lipmans Berss; May 22, 1914 – October 29, 1993) was a Latvian-American mathematician, born in Riga, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic...
Bers may refer to LipmanBers, Latvian-American mathematician, or to various mathematical concepts named after Bers: Bers area inequality Bers compactification...
In the mathematical theory of Kleinian groups, Bers slices and Maskit slices, named after LipmanBers and Bernard Maskit, are certain slices through the...
Association (now the Society for Classical Studies). Bers is the son of mathematician LipmanBers. Bers was born on August 30, 1944, in Providence, Rhode...
African-American woman elected to the New Jersey Senate Lipman Bers, Latvian mathematician & activist Lipman "Lip" Emanuel Pike, American home run champion baseball...
the question famous, though this particular phrasing originates with LipmanBers. Similar questions can be traced back all the way to physicist Arthur...
of points removed. The Bers area inequality is a quantitative refinement of the Ahlfors finiteness theorem proved by LipmanBers (1967a). It states that...
graduated in 1964 and received his doctorate in 1966 under supervision of LipmanBers (Conformal Structure and Algebraic Structure). After that, he was from...
the mathematical theory of Kleinian groups, the density conjecture of LipmanBers, Dennis Sullivan, and William Thurston, later proved independently by...
Riemann mapping theorem is a theorem proved in 1960 by Lars Ahlfors and LipmanBers in complex analysis and geometric function theory. Contrary to its name...
doctorate at Courant Institute NYU in 1964 under the joint supervision of LipmanBers and Cathleen Morawetz. Her thesis concerned partial differential equations...
In other years, the speakers included Lars Ahlfors, Robert Aumann, LipmanBers, Enrico Bombieri, Charles Fefferman, Samuel Karlin, David Kazhdan, Louis...
University and eventually at Stanford University. His students include LipmanBers, Roger Horn, Adriano Garsia, and P. M. Pu. In 1949 Loewner proved his...
Gilman, Irwin Kra, Rubi E. (2007). Complex analysis : in the spirit of LipmanBers ([Online] ed.). New York: Springer. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-387-74714-9.{{cite...
In mathematics, pseudoanalytic functions are functions introduced by LipmanBers (1950, 1951, 1953, 1956) that generalize analytic functions and satisfy...
into the language of complex derivatives and the Beltrami equation by LipmanBers and Shiing-shen Chern, among others. In this context, it is natural to...
Kra, Irwin; Gilman, Jane P. (2012), Complex Analysis: In the Spirit of LipmanBers, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 245, Springer, p. 12, ISBN 9781441973238...
Kra, Irwin; Gilman, Jane P. (2012), Complex Analysis: In the Spirit of LipmanBers, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 245, Springer, p. 12, ISBN 9781441973238...
Nathan Jacobson (1971–1972) Saunders Mac Lane (1973–1974) 1975–2000 LipmanBers (1975–1976) R. H. Bing (1977–1978) Peter Lax (1979–1980) Andrew M. Gleason...
Nathan Jacobson (1971–1972) Saunders Mac Lane (1973–1974) 1975–2000 LipmanBers (1975–1976) R. H. Bing (1977–1978) Peter Lax (1979–1980) Andrew M. Gleason...
Kra, Irwin; Gilman, Jane P. (2012), Complex Analysis: In the Spirit of LipmanBers, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 245, Springer, p. 12, ISBN 9781441973238...
der geodätischen Linien in Mannigfaltigkeiten negativer Krümmung". Leipzig Ber. Verhandl. Sächs. Akad. Wiss. (in German). 91: 261–304. Two of the papers...
Zariski (1969–70) Nathan Jacobson (1971–72) Saunders Mac Lane (1973–74) LipmanBers (1975–76) R. H. Bing (1977–78) Peter Lax (1979–80) Andrew Gleason (1981–82)...
Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews Abikoff, William (January 1995), "Remembering LipmanBers: LipmanBers" (PDF), Notices of the AMS, 42 (1): 8–18....
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