In the history of mathematics, David M. Young, Jr. is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists David M. Young, Jr. as American mathematician.
David M. Young, Jr. was born at Quincy in 1923. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Harvard University and Webb Institute.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Texas at Austin.
The recorded fields of work are applied mathematics.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
David M. Young, Jr. died in 2008, aged 85. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Texas at Austin
- Fields: applied mathematics
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