Bertram Kostant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bertram_Kostant
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Wigner_Medal
gptkb:AMS_Steele_Prize_for_Lifetime_Achievement
gptkbp:birthDate 1928-05-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York_City,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2017-02-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Roslindale,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Irving_Segal
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Anthony_Knapp
gptkb:David_Vogan
gptkb:Nolan_Wallach
gptkb:Anthony_Joseph
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Brandeis_University
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field gptkb:Lie_theory
gptkb:mathematics
differential geometry
mathematical physics
representation theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bertram Kostant
gptkbp:member gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Kostant's_convexity_theorem
gptkb:Kostant–Parthasarathy–Ranga_Rao–Varadarajan_determinant_formula
gptkb:Kostant–Sekiguchi_correspondence
gptkb:Kostant_partition_function
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Harris_Simons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4