A tribute to David Rees

Document Type : Translation Paper

Authors

1 Shahid Modarres Farhangian University

2 University of Kurdistan

Abstract

This paper is a translation of the the following paper into Persian:
[M. V. Lawson, L. O'carroll and S. Rees, A tribute to David Rees, Semigroup Forum, 88 (2014) 513--522.]
 
David Rees achieved recognition in three very different endeavours. For the readers of this journal, he was, of course, one of the pioneers of semigroup theory, commemorated in Rees matrix semigroups, the Rees theorem, and Rees quotients; in the wider mathematical world, he was best known as one of the leading figures in the post-war development of commutative algebra; and, finally, in the obituaries in the British press, it was his work as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War which attracted most attention. While in this short tribute we cannot hope to do justice to all these aspects of his life and work, we have tried to give some indication of the depth and influence of his ideas.
 
 

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Mathematics and Society
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 2017
Pages 71-81

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  • Receive Date: 10 July 2016
  • Revise Date: 23 October 2016
  • Accept Date: 23 October 2016
  • Publish Date: 23 August 2017

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