Marvin Knopp
Mathematician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Marvin Isadore Knopp 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 January 4, 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. Over the course of his career, he advised twenty Ph.D. students. He is the father of pianist Seth Knopp, and of Yehudah, Abby, and Elana. Marvin was married to Josephine Zadovsky Knopp for 25 years but the marriage ended in divorce. Knopp died on December 24, 2011, during a vacation in Florida. Marvin found happiness from his children, old movies, great music and numbers. The last 30 years of Knopp's life was shared with Phyllis Zemble. During the 6 years following his death, Zemble organized his papers and books , his photographs and his mathematical correspondence, which she donated to the American Institute of Mathematics . On AIM's website, you can find 131 of Knopp's reprints.
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