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| birth_date = July 14, 1933
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| workplaces = [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]]
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Serge Lang]]
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| doctoral_students = [[Woodrow Brownawell]]<br>[[Beifang Chen]]
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'''Stephen H. Schanuel''' is an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] working in the fields of [[abstract algebra]] and [[number theory]], more specifically [[category theory]] and [[measure theory]].


'''Stephen H. Schanuel''' (14 July 1933 – 21 July 2014) was an American [[mathematician]] working in the fields of [[abstract algebra]] and [[category theory]], [[number theory]], and [[measure theory]].<ref name=PAW>{{cite news|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2015/04/22/sections/memorials/8679/index.xml|title=Recent alumni deaths|date=April 22, 2015|publisher=[[Princeton Alumni Weekly]]|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="UB"/>
While he was a graduate student at [[University of Chicago]], he discovered [[Schanuel's lemma]], an essential lemma in [[homological algebra]]. Schanuel received his [[Ph.D.]] in [[mathematics]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1963, under the supervision of [[Serge Lang]]. Shortly thereafter he stated a [[Schanuel's conjecture|conjecture]] in the field of [[transcendence theory]] which remains an important open problem to this day. Schanuel is currently a professor of mathematics at [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]].

==Life==
While he was a graduate student at [[University of Chicago]], he discovered [[Schanuel's lemma]], an essential lemma in [[homological algebra]].<ref name="UB"/> Schanuel received his [[Ph.D.]] in [[mathematics]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1963, under the supervision of [[Serge Lang]].<ref name="UB">{{cite web|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/news_events/news_events_department.shtml|title=Steve Schanuel has passed away|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]], Mathematics Department|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>

==Work==
Shortly thereafter he stated [[Schanuel's conjecture|a conjecture]] in the field of [[transcendental number theory]], which remains an important open problem to this day.<ref name="UB"/> Schanuel was a professor emeritus of mathematics at [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]].<ref name=PAW/>

==Books==
* {{cite book |first1=F. William |last1=Lawvere |author1-link=William Lawvere |first2=Stephen Hoel |last2=Schanuel |author2-link=Stephen Schanuel |title = Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories |url = https://archive.org/details/conceptualmathem00lawv |url-access=registration |year=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn = 978-0-521-89485-2 |edition=2nd |orig-year=1997 }}

== References ==
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Stephen Schanuel
Born(1933-07-14)14 July 1933
Died21 July 2014(2014-07-21) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Known forSchanuel's conjecture
Schanuel's lemma
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity at Buffalo
Doctoral advisorSerge Lang
Doctoral studentsW. Dale Brownawell

Stephen H. Schanuel (14 July 1933 – 21 July 2014) was an American mathematician working in the fields of abstract algebra and category theory, number theory, and measure theory.[1][2]

Life

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While he was a graduate student at University of Chicago, he discovered Schanuel's lemma, an essential lemma in homological algebra.[2] Schanuel received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Columbia University in 1963, under the supervision of Serge Lang.[2]

Work

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Shortly thereafter he stated a conjecture in the field of transcendental number theory, which remains an important open problem to this day.[2] Schanuel was a professor emeritus of mathematics at University at Buffalo.[1]

Books

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  • Lawvere, F. William; Schanuel, Stephen Hoel (2009) [1997]. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89485-2.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Recent alumni deaths". Princeton Alumni Weekly. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Steve Schanuel has passed away". University at Buffalo, Mathematics Department. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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