Person
Day, Brian John (1945 - 2012)
- Born
- 16 January 1945
Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 16 June 2012
New South Wales, Australia
Summary
Brian Day was a mathematician whose research focussed on category theory, topology and topological algebra. Several of his papers are considered classics in their field, and he devised the technique known internationally as the Day Convolution. His early career was in teaching, mostly at the University of Sydney, before he turned to concentrate on mathematics research at the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University.
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Chronology
- 1965
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney
- 1968
- Education - MSc, University of Sydney
- 1970
- Education - PhD, University of New South Wales
- 1970 - 1972
- Career position - Instructor in Mathematics, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
- December 1972 - May 1973
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Tutor in Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New South Wales
- 1981 - 2011
- Career position - Senior Research Assistan ( later Research Fellow, and Honorary Associate in Mathematics), Macquarie university
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Street, Ross, 'Brian John Day 16 January 1945 - 16 June 2012', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 40 (2) (2013), 99-101. Details
Resources
- 'Day, Brian John (19450116-20120616)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772734. Details
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Created: 13 March 2018, Last modified: 3 July 2018