What is Richard Askey?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Richard Askey |image = Richard Askey.jpg |caption = Richard Askey in 1977 |birth_name = Richard Allen Askey |birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|06|04}} |birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|09|1933|06|04}} |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |ethnicity = |fields = [[Mathematics]] |workplaces = [[University of Chicago]]<br />[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] |alma_mater = [[Washington University in St. Louis]]<br />[[Harvard University]]<br />[[Princeton University]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Salomon Bochner]] |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = [[James A. Wilson]] |notable_students = |known_for = [[Askey–Wilson polynomials]]<br />[[Askey–Gasper inequality]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |religion = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} '''Richard Allen Askey''' (June 4, 1933 – October 9, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. He was known for his expertise in the area of [[special function]]s. The [[Askey–Gasper inequality]] for [[Jacobi polynomials]] is essential in [[Louis de Branges de Bourcia|de Brange's]] famous proof of the [[Bieberbach conjecture]]. He was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1993.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=25 April 2011}}</ref> In 1999 he was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Askey.html Askey biography]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Askey, Richard}} [[Category:1933 births]] [