Alexander S. Kechris belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Alexander S. Kechris as Greek-American mathematician.
Alexander S. Kechris was born at Greece in 1946. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at University of California, Los Angeles.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at California Institute of Technology.
The recorded fields of work are set theory, mathematics and mathematical logic.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Carol Karp Prize (2003).
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Carol Karp Prize — 2003
- Held posts at California Institute of Technology
- Fields: set theory, mathematics and mathematical logic
