Edwin Hewitt (January 20, 1920,
Everett, Washington – June 21, 1999) was an American
mathematician known for his work in abstract
harmonic analysis
Harmonic analysis is a branch of mathematics concerned with the representation of Function (mathematics), functions or signals as the Superposition principle, superposition of basic waves, and the study of and generalization of the notions of Fo ...
and for his discovery, in collaboration with
Leonard Jimmie Savage, of the
Hewitt–Savage zero–one law.
He received his Ph.D. in 1942 from
Harvard University, and served on the faculty of mathematics at the
University of Washington from 1954.
Hewitt pioneered the construction of the
hyperreals by means of an
ultrapower construction (Hewitt, 1948).
Hewitt wrote the 1975 English translation of
A. A. Kirillov's 1972 Russian
monograph
A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject.
In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
''Elements of the Theory of Representations'' (Элементы Теории Представлений), and co-authored ''Abstract Harmonic Analysis'' with
Kenneth A. Ross (1st edn., 1st vol. in 1963; 1st edn., 2nd vol. in 1970), an extensive work in two volumes.
See also
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Cohen–Hewitt factorization theorem
Publications
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References
Edwin Hewitt's work in analysis ''in'' Topological Commentary 4 (2)
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External links
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by mathematician Walter Schempp
Probability theorists
1920 births
1999 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
Mathematical analysts
Harvard University alumni
University of Washington faculty
People from Everett, Washington
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