Marvin Knopp

Marvin Isadore Knopp
Born (1933-01-04)January 4, 1933
Chicago, Illinois[1]
Died December 24, 2011(2011-12-24) (aged 78)
Boca Raton, Florida
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Wisconsin
Temple University
Alma mater University of Illinois
Doctoral advisor Paul T. Bateman
Doctoral students YoungJu Choie
Kenneth Stolarsky
Mark Sheingorn

Marvin Isadore Knopp (January 4, 1933 – December 24, 2011) was an American mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. He made notable contributions to the theory of modular forms.

Life and education

Knopp was born on 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his PhD under Paul T. Bateman from the University of Illinois in 1958 where he became friends with fellow student Gene Golub.[2] Over the course of his career, he advised twenty Ph.D. students.[3] He is the father of pianist Seth Knopp, and of Yehudah, Abby, and Elana.[4] Marvin was married to Dr. Josephine Zadovsky Knopp for 25 years but the marriage ended in divorce. He spent the following 30 years with his love Phyllis Zemble. Knopp died on December 24, 2011 during a vacation in Florida. Marvin found happiness from his children, old movies, great music and numbers.

Career

After receiving his PhD in 1958, Knopp taught at the University of Wisconsin and then, for a few years, at the University of Illinois Chicago before moving, in 1976, to Temple University where he stayed until his sudden death in 2011.[5] He was closely associated with Emil Grosswald.[6] In Jean Dieudonne's influential book A Panorama of Pure Mathematics (Academic Press, 1982), he is mentioned (p. 95) as one of those who "made substantial contributions" to the theory of modular forms.

Selected publications

Further reading

References

  1. , Video of Knopp's Talk at Gene Golub Memorial (Talk #3), retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. , Knopp's Math Genealogy Entry, retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. , Marvin Knopp Tribute Blog, retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. , Temple University Geometry Blog, retrieved 2011-12-29.
  5. , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Mathematics Newsletter Spring 1991, retrieved 2011-12-29.
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