Walter Hayman
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Walter Kurt Hayman was a British mathematician and university teacher specializing in mathematical and complex analysis. Born in Cologne in 1926, he was educated at St John's College and Gordonstoun. His academic career included positions at Imperial College London, the University of Exeter, and York University. He studied under doctoral advisor Mary Cartwright.
Hayman was a member of the Royal Society, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He received the De Morgan Medal, the Adams Prize, and the Berwick Prize, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His Erdős number was 2. He died in London in 2020. He was of Jewish ethnicity and spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Meromorphic functions
- Research problems in function theory
- Subharmonic Functions (London Mathematical Society Monographs, No 20)
- Multivalent functions
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 31,462x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,440x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,211x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cologne
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Gordonstoun
- Employer
- York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Smith's Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Mary Cartwright
- Field of work
- complex analysis
- Image
- Walter Hayman.jpg
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- Commons category
- Walter Hayman
- date of birth
- 1926-01-06
- Erdős number
- 2
- date of death
- 2020-01-01
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Walter Kurt Hayman
- relative
- Kurt Hahn
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
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