Francis Joseph Murray

Francis Joseph Murray
Francis Joseph Murray
Born	February 3, 1911; New York City
Died	March 15, 1996 (aged 85); Durham, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Columbia University
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Columbia University; Duke University
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Koopman
Doctoral students	Robert Schatten; Ernst G. Straus

Francis Joseph Murray (February 3, 1911 – March 15, 1996) was a mathematician, known for his foundational work (with John von Neumann) on functional analysis, and what subsequently became known as von Neumann algebras. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1936. He taught at Duke University.

In 1967 he was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the U. S. Army.

Selected publications

1936 (with J. von Neumann), "On rings of operators," Ann. of Math. 2(37): 116–229. The original paper on von Neumann algebras.
1937 (with J. von Neumann), "On rings of operators II," Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 41: 208–248.
1943 (with J. von Neumann), "On rings of operators IV," Ann. of Math. 2(44): 716–808.
1941. An Introduction to Linear Transformations in Hilbert Space. Annals of Mathematics Studies, no. 4. Princeton Univ. Press.[1]
1947. The theory of mathematical machines. Columbia Univ. Press.[2]
1954. (with Kenneth S. Miller). Existence Theorems for Ordinary Differential Equations.[3] ISBN 0-88275-320-7; 2nd printing Krieger 1976; reprint Dover 2013.
1978. Applied Mathematics: An Intellectual Orientation. ISBN 0-306-39252-6[4]

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References

Halmos, P. R. (1942). "Review: An introduction to linear transformations in Hilbert space, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (3): 204–205. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1942-07644-0.
Goldstine, H. H. (1947). "Review: The theory of matheamatical machines, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (9): 893–895. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1947-08889-3.
Reid, W. T. (1955). "Review: Existence theorems for ordinary differential equations, by F. J. Murray and K. S. Miller" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 61 (4): 353–355. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1955-09942-7.
Hafner, Everett (1980). "Review: Applied mathematics: An intellectual orientation, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 3 (1, Part 1): 735–739. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1980-14808-9.

A brief obituary.
Francis Joseph Murray at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Retirement of Francis Joseph Murray. Duke Math. J. 47 (1980), no. 4, 983–985.

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[1] Halmos, P. R. (1942). "Review: An introduction to linear transformations in Hilbert space, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (3): 204–205. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1942-07644-0.

[2] Goldstine, H. H. (1947). "Review: The theory of matheamatical machines, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (9): 893–895. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1947-08889-3.

[3] Reid, W. T. (1955). "Review: Existence theorems for ordinary differential equations, by F. J. Murray and K. S. Miller" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 61 (4): 353–355. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1955-09942-7.

[4] Hafner, Everett (1980). "Review: Applied mathematics: An intellectual orientation, by F. J. Murray" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 3 (1, Part 1): 735–739. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1980-14808-9.