Stefan Bergman

 ( 1895 Births ) 

Stefan Bergman (5 May 1895 – 6 June 1977) was a Russian Poland-born American mathematician whose primary work was in complex analysis. He is known for the kernel function he discovered in 1922 at University of Berlin. This function is now known as the Bergman kernel. Bergman taught for many years at Stanford University.

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Biography Born in Częstochowa, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, to a German Jewish family, Bergman received his Ph.D. at University of Berlin in 1921 for a thesis on Fourier analysis. His advisor, Richard von Mises, had a strong influence on him, lasting for the rest of his career.. In 1933, Bergman was forced to leave his post at the Berlin University because he was a Jews. He fled first to Russia, where he stayed until 1939, and then to Paris. In 1939, he emigrated to the United States, where he would remain for the rest of life. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1951. He was a professor at Stanford University from 1952 until his retirement in 1972. Stefan Bergman papers, circa 1940–1972 in SearchWorks, Stanford University Libraries He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1950 in Cambridge, MassachusettsBergman, Stefan. "On visualization of domains in the theory of functions of two complex variables." In Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, vol. 1, pp. 363–373. 1950. and in 1962 in Stockholm ( On meromorphic functions of several complex variables).Bergman, S. "On meromorphic functions of several complex variables, Abstract of short communications." Internat. Congr. Math., Stockholm (1962): 63. He died in Palo Alto, California, aged 82.

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Bergman Prize

The Stefan Bergman Prize in mathematics was initiated by Bergman's wife in her will, in memory of her husband's work. The American Mathematical Society supports the prize and selects the committee of judges. Other Prizes and Awards Supported by the AMS The prize is awarded for:

1. the theory of the kernel function and its applications in real and complex analysis; or
2. function-theoretic methods in the theory of partial differential equations of elliptic type with a special attention to Bergman's and related operator methods.

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Selected publications

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• The Kernel Function and Conformal Mapping, American Mathematical Society 1950, 2nd edn. 1970
• with Menahem Max Schiffer: Kernel Functions and elliptic differential equations in mathematical physics, Academic Press 1953
• with John G. Herriot: Application of the method of the kernel function for solving boundary value problems, Numerische Mathematik 3, 1961
• Integral operators in the theory of linear partial differential equations, Springer 1961, 2nd edn. 1969

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See also

• Bergman kernel
• Bergman metric
• Bergman space
• Bergman–Weil integral representation

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External links

• Author profile in the database zbMATH

Categories: 1895 Births, 1977 Deaths, American People Of Polish-jewish Descent, 20th-century Polish Mathematicians, Emigrants From The Russian Empire To The United States, Emigrants From Nazi Germany To The United States, Fellows Of The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences, Humboldt University Of Berlin Alumni, Academic Staff Of The Humboldt University Of Berlin, Jewish American Scientists, Complex Analysts, American Mathematical Analysts, People From Częstochowa, Partial Differential Equation Theorists, Stanford University Department Of Mathematics Faculty, Brown University Faculty, Yeshiva University Faculty, Academic Staff Of Tomsk State University, Academics From Palo Alto, California

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