What is Bertram Kostant?
[[File:Bertram Kostant.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Kostant at a workshop on “Enveloping Algebras and Geometric Representation Theory” in [[Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach|Oberwolfach]], 2009]] '''Bertram Kostant''' (May 24, 1928 &ndash; February 2, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. He was known for his works in [[Kostant partition function]] and [[Kostant–Parthasarathy–Ranga Rao–Varadarajan determinants]]. In 2016, he won the [[Wigner Medal]]. He worked at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Kostant was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. Kostant died at a [[rehabilitation center]] in [[Roslindale, Massachusetts|Roslindale]], [[Massachusetts]] on February 2, 2017 from [[stroke]] complications, aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.mit.edu/2017/bertram-kostant-professor-emeritus-mathematics-dies-0216|title=Bertram Kostant, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 88|website=MIT News|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostant, Bertram}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] [[Category:Scientists from Massachusetts]] [[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty]] [[Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty]] {{US-bio-stub}}