Victor Lenard Shapiro (16 October 1924, Chicago – 1 March 2013,

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) was an American mathematician, specializing in trigonometric series and differential equations. He is known for his two theorems (published in 1957) on the uniqueness of multiple Fourier series.

Biography

From the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

, Shapiro received B.Sc. in 1947, M.Sc. in 1949, and Ph.D. in 1952, all in mathematics. His thesis advisor was

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. Shapiro was from 1952 to 1960 a professor at

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and from 1960 to 1964 a professor at the

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with 3 sabbatical years (in 1953–1955 and 1958–1959) at the

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. He was a professor at the

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

from 1964 to 2010, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was the author of several books and the author or coauthor of over 80 articles in refereed journals. Shapiro was elected in 2003 a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and in 2012 a Fellow of the

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(AMS). In November 1995 in Riverside, California, a conference was held in his honor. Upon his death he was survived by his widow, 4 children, and 13 grandchildren.

Selected publications

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shapiro, Victor L. 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians American mathematical analysts University of Chicago alumni University of California, Riverside faculty 1924 births 2013 deaths Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Mathematical Society