Daniel Gorenstein (1923-1992)

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4 total messages Started by Art Werschulz Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:38

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Author: Art Werschulz
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:38

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Daniel Gorenstein, founding director of the Rutgers University DIMACS
consortium, passed away yesterday, Wednesday 26 August, at the age of
69. 

He was famous for his development of a 16-step master plan for the
classification of finite simple groups.

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Science reporting

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Author: Art Werschulz
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:42

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In a previous posting, I mentioned the passing yesterday of Daniel
Gorenstein.  

His obituary appeared in the Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger for today
(Thursday 27 August).  The obituary describes Gorenstein as "an
international leader in the field of group therapy", and says that his
"work made Rutgers a major center for group therapy study".

Sigh.








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Re: Science reporting

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Author: Robert D. Silverman
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:15

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In article <AGW.92Aug27104216@ibc.cs.columbia.edu> agw@cs.columbia.edu writes:
:
:In a previous posting, I mentioned the passing yesterday of Daniel
:Gorenstein.  
:
:His obituary appeared in the Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger for today
:(Thursday 27 August).  The obituary describes Gorenstein as "an
:international leader in the field of group therapy", and says that his
:"work made Rutgers a major center for group therapy study".
:
:Sigh.
 
I guess it gives new meaning to the term 'ask an analyst'.

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Re: Science reporting

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Author: Richard Bumby
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:58

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Note has been made on an error in terminology in the obituary of
Daniel Gorenstein in the New York Times.  I would have expected, in
this forum, that the first error to have been noticed would be that
the article appeared to credit group theory for proving the
impossibility of squaring the circle.  The classification of finite
simple groups doesn't need the support of irrelevant mathematical
accomplishments.  Also considering the recent front page treatment
given to "the president on the left didn't say what the president on
the right said that he said", the use of the E. T. Bell version of
Galois was somewhat inappropriate.
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