Francis Joseph Murray (mathematician)

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Francis Joseph Murray (mathematician) : biography

February 3, 1911 – March 15, 1996

Francis Joseph Murray (February 3, 1911 – March 15, 1996) was a mathematician, known for his foundational work (with John von Neumann) on functional analysis, and what subsequently became known as von Neumann algebras. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1936. He taught at Duke University.

In 1967 he was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the U. S. Army.

Selected publications

  • 1936 (with J. von Neumann), "" Ann. of Math. 2(37): 116–229. The original paper on von Neumann algebras.
  • 1937 (with J. von Neumann), "" Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 41: 208–248.
  • 1943 (with J. von Neumann), "" Ann. of Math. 2(44): 716–808.
  • 1941. An Introduction to Linear Transformations in Hilbert Space. Annals of Mathematics Studies, no. 4. Princeton Univ. Press.
  • (with Kenneth S. Miller). Existence Theorems for Ordinary Differential Equations. ISBN 0-88275-320-7
  • Applied Mathematics: An Intellectual Orientation. ISBN 0-306-39252-6