John McCarthy (mathematician)
John Edward McCarthy (born 20 January 1964) is a mathematician. He is currently the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences, and former chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington University in St. Louis.[1] He works in operator theory[2] and several complex variables, and applications of mathematics to other areas.
Early life, education, and career
[edit]McCarthy is a native of Ireland, and received a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin, in 1983.[2] He completed a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. His Ph.D. Advisor was Donald Sarason.[3]
He originally intended to return to Ireland after his doctorate, but the Irish universities were subject to a hiring freeze at the time. Instead, after postdoctoral research at Indiana University, he joined the Washington University in St. Louis in 1991, and became a US citizen in 1996.[2] He has been a full professor since 1999, and Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences since 2011. He chaired the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2016 to 2021.[1]
Recognition
[edit]McCarthy was one of two 2016 recipients of the Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson Award of the Canadian Mathematical Society[4] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2018.[5]
Books
[edit]McCarthy's books include:
- Holomorphic Spaces (edited with Sheldon Axler and Donald Sarason), Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Pick Interpolation and Hilbert function spaces (with Jim Agler), Graduate Studies in Mathematics, vol. 44, American Mathematical Society, 2002.[6]
- Transition to Higher Mathematics: Structure and Proof (with Bob A. Dumas), 1st ed., McGraw Hill, 2006; 2nd. ed., Washington University Open Scholarship, 2015.
- Operator Analysis: Hilbert space methods in complex analysis (with Jim Agler and Nicholas Young), Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 219, Cambridge University Press, 2020.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ a b c Fitzpatrick, Tony (23 January 2004). "The beauty of pure mathematics: The applicability of the field isn't the only thing that motivates John E. McCarthy". Newsroom. Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ John McCarthy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "G. de B. Robinson Award". Canadian Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "List of Fellows". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ Reviews of Pick Interpolation and Hilbert function spaces: Donald Sarason, MR1882259; Vladimir V.Peller, Zbl 1010.47001
- ^ Reviews of Operator Analysis: Adhemar Bultheel, MR4411370; Dan Timotin, Zbl 1498.47001
External links
[edit]- McCarthy's Home Page
- John McCarthy publications indexed by Google Scholar
