Colleagues from around the world gathered this summer in Z眉rich to pay tribute to McIntyre Professor of Mathematics Solomon Friedberg at a conference honoring his contributions to mathematics.
Solomon Friedberg
"Automorphic Forms on Reductive Groups and Their Covers鈥� took place in June at ETH Z眉rich, a STEM university established in 1855. The 91 mathematicians in attendance represented such institutions as Stanford, Columbia, City College of New York, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Osaka City University, EPF Lausanne, Universit茅 d鈥橭ran, and National University of Singapore.
Friedberg was joined at the conference by Boston College graduate students Spencer Leslie鈥攚ho also spoke at the conference鈥擸usheng Lei, and Liyang Zhang.
鈥淚 was deeply moved by the event,鈥� said Friedberg, who was formally honored at the opening reception and at a conference dinner. 鈥淢any of the presentations noted my related scholarship and it was great to see that my ideas have had enduring and ongoing impact.
"The speakers were a mix of established and newer scholars, and I enjoyed hearing about both the latest results from the field and the latest results of the field鈥檚 future leaders." he said. "There was also a poster session for younger scholars and I was delighted to talk with many of them as well. And the speeches at the banquet were warm and generous, emphasizing that we鈥檙e a community of scholars who also make lifelong friendships as we carry out our research.鈥�
A fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Friedberg has been hailed for his scholarly contributions to number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms, an analytical approach to complex mathematical problems. Friedberg鈥檚 research has been funded by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation; the latter body awarded Friedberg a grant as co-principal investigator for a project supporting math teachers in high-need schools.
Friedberg has also advised the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on mathematics and science education.
鈥擴niversity Communications | August 2018
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