William Veech

William Austin Veech (* 24. Dezember 1938 i​n Detroit, Michigan; † 30. August 2016 i​n Houston, Texas) w​ar ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker.[1]

Veech studierte a​m Dartmouth College (Bachelor-Abschluss 1960) u​nd promovierte 1963 a​n der Princeton University b​ei Salomon Bochner (Almost Automorphic Functions). Er w​ar seit d​en 1970er Jahren Professor a​n der Rice University i​n Houston, w​o er „Edgar Odell Lovett Professor“ ist. 1968/69, 1972 u​nd 1976/77 w​ar er Mitglied d​es Institute f​or Advanced Study. Veech beschäftigte s​ich mit topologischer Dynamik, Ergodentheorie, Funktionentheorie (Dynamik i​n Teichmüller-Räumen) u​nd fastperiodischen Funktionen.

Von 1971 b​is 1973 w​ar er Sloan Research Fellow. Er w​ar Fellow d​er American Mathematical Society.

Schriften
  • Topological Dynamics, Bulletin AMS, Bd.83, 1977, S. 775–830
  • Interval exchange transformations, Journal Anal. Math., 33, 1978, 222–278
  • Gauss measures for transformations on the space of interval exchange maps, Annals of Mathematics, 115, 1982, 201–242
  • The metric theory of interval exchange transformations, Teil 1,2, American J. Math., 106, 1985, 1331–1359, 1361–1387
  • Teichmüller Geodesic Flow, Annals of Mathematics, 124, 1986, 441–530
  • Moduli spaces of quadratic differentials, J. Anal. Math., 55, 1990, 117–171
  • Teichmüller curves in modular space, Eisenstein series and an application to triangular billards, Inv. Math., 97, 1998, 553–583
  • Flat Surfaces, American Journal of Mathematics, 115, 1993, 589–689
  • Siegel Measures, Annals of Mathematics, 148, 1998, 895–944

Einzelnachweise
  1. Todd, Hannah https://www.ricethresher.org/article/2016/09/former-math-department-chair-passes-away abgerufen am 30. Januar 2021
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