Tom M. Apostol | |
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![]() Apostol in 1965 | |
Born | Helper, Utah, U.S. | August 20, 1923
Died | May 8, 2016 | (aged 92)
Alma mater | University of Washington (B.S., M.S.) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Derrick Henry Lehmer |
Doctoral students | Basil Gordon Abe Sklar |
Tom Mike Apostol (/əˈpɑːsəl/ ə-POSS-əl;[1] August 20, 1923 – May 8, 2016)[2] was an American analytic number theorist and professor at the California Institute of Technology, best known as the author of widely used mathematical textbooks.