Ellis Kolchin

American mathematician
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IntroAmerican mathematician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasMathematician Educator
Work fieldAcademia Mathematics
Gender
Male
Birth18 April 1916, New York City
Death30 October 1991New York City (aged 75 years)
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Biography

Ellis Robert Kolchin (April 18, 1916 – October 30, 1991) was an American mathematician at Columbia University. Kolchin earned a doctorate in mathematics from Columbia University in 1941 under supervision of Joseph Ritt. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954 and 1961.
Kolchin worked on differential algebra and its relation to differential equations, and founded the modern theory of linear algebraic groups. His doctoral students include Azriel Rosenfeld and Irving Adler.

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