In the history of mathematics, Philip G. Hodge is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Philip G. Hodge as American applied mathematician.
Philip G. Hodge was born at New Haven in 1920. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Antioch University and Brown University.
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 California, Los Angeles, University of Minnesota and New York University.
The recorded fields of work are materials engineering, applied mathematics and applied mechanics.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: ASME Medal (1987), Drucker Medal (2000) and Worcester Reed Warner Medal (1975).
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Philip G. Hodge died in 2014, aged 94. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- ASME Medal — 1987
- Drucker Medal — 2000
- Worcester Reed Warner Medal — 1975
- Held posts at University of California, Los Angeles, University of Minnesota and New York University
- Fields: materials engineering, applied mathematics and applied mechanics
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