David G. Cantor | |
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| Born | April 12, 1935 |
| Died | November 19, 2012 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Cantor–Zassenhaus algorithm |
David Geoffrey Cantor (April 12, 1935 – November 19, 2012) was an American mathematician, specializing innumber theory andcombinatorics. TheCantor–Zassenhaus algorithm for factoring polynomials is named after him; he andHans Zassenhaus published it in 1981.
Cantor was born on April 12, 1935.[1] He completed his undergraduate studies at theCalifornia Institute of Technology, graduating in 1956, and earned his doctorate from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1960, where he was supervised byBasil Gordon andErnst G. Straus.[2][3] He became an assistant professor at theUniversity of Washington in 1962, moved back to UCLA in 1964, and retired in 1991. After his retirement, he worked at the Center for Communications Research inLa Jolla, California.[2]
Cantor specialized innumber theory andcombinatorics.[2] TheCantor–Zassenhaus algorithm for factoring polynomials is named after him; he andHans Zassenhaus published it in 1981.[4] He received theNational Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1960 and aSloan Foundation Fellowship in 1968.[2] In 2012, he became one of the inauguralfellows of theAmerican Mathematical Society.[5] At the time of his death, he had been a member of the American Mathematical Society for 54 years.[1]
Cantor lived inSan Diego, California. He died on November 19, 2012, at the age of 77.[2][1]
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