R. H. Bruck | |
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 Bruck (right) withKarl W. Gruenberg (center) andKurt Hirsch | |
| Born | (1914-12-26)December 26, 1914 |
| Died | December 18, 1991(1991-12-18) (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Known for | Loops, Bruck–Ryser theorem, finite nets, Bruck–Bose construction |
| Spouse | Helen |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship Chauvenet Prize (1956) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Thesis | The General Linear Group in a Field of Characteristic p (1940) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Brauer |
| Doctoral students | George I. Glauberman Michael G. Aschbacher Sue Whitesides |
Richard Hubert Bruck (December 26, 1914 – December 18, 1991) was an Americanmathematician best known for his work in the field ofalgebra, especially in its relation toprojective geometry andcombinatorics.
Bruck studied at theUniversity of Toronto, where he received his doctorate in 1940 under the supervision ofRichard Brauer.[1]He spent most his career as aprofessor atUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, advising at least 31 doctoral students.
He is best known for his 1949 paper coauthored withH. J. Ryser, the results of which became known as theBruck–Ryser theorem (now known in a generalized form as theBruck-Ryser-Chowla theorem), concerning the possibleorders offinite projective planes.
In 1946, he was awarded aGuggenheim Fellowship.In 1956, he was awarded theChauvenet Prize for his articleRecent Advances in the Foundations of Euclidean Plane Geometry.[2] In 1962, he was aninvited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians inStockholm.In 1963, he was aFulbright Lecturer at theUniversity of Canberra.In 1965 aGroups and Geometry conference was held at the University of Wisconsin in honor of Bruck's retirement.
Dick Bruck and his wife Helen were supporters of the fine arts. They were patrons of the regionalAmerican Players Theatre in Wisconsin.[3]
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