Hale Trotter

Hale Trotter
Hale Trotter, Berkeley 1978
Born(1931-05-30)30 May 1931
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Known forLie–Trotter product formula
Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm
Lang–Trotter conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Doctoral advisorWilliam Feller

Hale Freeman Trotter (30 May 1931 – 17 January 2022)[1] was a Canadian-American mathematician. He was known for the Lie–Trotter product formula,[2] the Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm, and the Lang–Trotter conjecture. He was born in Kingston, Ontario.

Trotter died in Princeton, New Jersey on 17 January 2022, aged 90.[3]

References

  1. biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
  2. Trotter, H. F. (1959), "On the product of semi-groups of operators", Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 10 (4): 545–551, doi:10.2307/2033649, ISSN 0002-9939, JSTOR 2033649, MR 0108732
  3. "In Memory of Hale Freeman Trotter". Mather-Hodge Funeral Home. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-02-08.