Descriptive Summary
Halmos, Paul R. (Paul
Richard), 1916-2006
P. R. Halmos
Papers,
1947-1988Materials are
written in English.
89-315, 2005-062
6 feet, 6
inches
Archives of American Mathematics, Center for
American History,The University of Texas at
Austin
Paul Richard Halmos is
known for his work in operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis,
as well as his mathematical exposition and his teaching style. The bulk of this
collection documents Halmos' work as editor of the Mathematical Association of
America publication American Mathematical Monthly.
Biographical Note
Paul Richard Halmos is known for his work in operator theory, ergodic
theory, and functional analysis, as well as his mathematical exposition and his
teaching style. His major teaching positions were at the University of Chicago,
Indiana University, and Santa Clara University, at which he is currently
Professor Emeritus.
Halmos was born March 3, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. He came to the
United States in 1929 and attended high school in Chicago. At the age of 15 he
entered the University of Illinois and graduated in 1934 with a degree in
mathematics and philosophy. He then went into graduate school at the University
of Illinois, earning a doctorate in mathematics under Joseph Doob in 1938.
Halmos served as John Von Neumann's assistant at the Institute of Advanced
Study, a post which led to the publication of his first book, Finite
Dimensional Vector Spaces, in 1942. After working at the IAS, Halmos taught
soldiers in the Army's Specialized Training Program at Syracuse University
before moving to the University of Chicago (1946-1960), and the University of
Michigan (1961-1967). After one year as the mathematics department chair at the
University of Hawaii, he began a professorship at Indiana University
(1968-1985). In 1985 he moved to Santa Clara University where he worked until
his retirement in 1996. Halmos has served as editor of several publications,
including the American Mathematical Monthly (1982-1986). He received the Steele
Prize for exposition from the American Mathematical Society in 1983 and the
Distinguished Teacher Award from the Mathematical Association of America in
1993. Halmos is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh as well as a
Guggenheim Fellow.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection documents Halmos' work as editor of the
Mathematical Association of America publication American Mathematical Monthly.
His editorial papers include correspondence, articles, printed material, and
other documentation related to the editing of a national mathematics journal.
In addition to the editorial files, some of Halmos' publication files are
included in this collection. These files consist of correspondence, drafts, and
other material related to the writing, editing, and publication of some of
Halmos' articles, books, and lectures.
Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics
Access Restrictions
Restricted access to any American Mathematical Monthly materials that
reveal the name of a referee for thirty years after the date of creation. In
some cases, material may be accessed in a redacted form. Contact archivist for
details. All other material is unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
These papers are stored remotely. Contact reference staff for retrieval
from offsite storage.
Preferred Citation
P. R. Halmos Papers, 1947-1988, Archives of American Mathematics, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Index Terms
Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard),
1916-
Mathematical Association of America.
American Mathematical Monthly
Mathematical Intelligencer
Mathematics -- Study and teaching --
United States
Detailed Description of the Papers
1.7/89-315/1
Faculty reports,
1977-1984 and undated
1.7/89-315/1
Mathematical Intelligencer, mostly
book review material, [also includes some Monthly
items],
1977-1982
Publications:
1.7/2005-062/16
Reprints and proofs [separated from the Abraham Robinson
Papers],
1948-1970
Mathematial Association of America:
1.7/89-315/2
American Mathematical Monthly, [PRH
was editor from 1982-1986]:
[Manuscripts, some with editorial annotations. Roughly
alphabetical by author's last name]
1.7/89-315/2
Articles:
1.7/89-315/2
Aaronson-Bellcastro,
1985
1.7/89-315/2
Balinsky-Harkin,
1985-1986
1.7/89-315/2
Harkin-Lankford,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/2
Kauffman, 84-616,
1984
1.7/89-315/2
Lewinter-Nag,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/2
London-Rogosinsky,
1987-1988
1.7/89-315/2
Obi-Snider,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/3
Small, 83-413,
1983-1985
1.7/89-315/3
Sommese,
January 22, 1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/3
Subramanian-Teugels,
1985 and undated
1.7/89-315/3
Tolosa,
January 1986
1.7/89-315/3
Tsai-Vasantha,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/3
Weinberg,
February 1985
1.7/89-315/3
West-Zuricker,
1985-1986
1.7/89-315/4
Restricted:
[These entries contain referee names, and are restricted for
30 years from date of creation. Redacted copies can be used by researchers, see
archivist for details]
1.7/89-315/4
Alexander, 84-555,
1984
1.7/89-315/4
Bender, 85-762,
1985-1987
1.7/89-315/4
Bentz, 85-733,
1985
1.7/89-315/4
Blaum, 84-641,
1984-1985
1.7/89-315/4
Henrich, 84-644,
1984-1985
1.7/89-315/4
Howland, 85-711,
1985
1.7/89-315/4
Roginsky,
1988
1.7/89-315/4
Wang, 83-486, semi-reject,
1983-1984
1.7/89-315/5
Best young mathematician,
1981
1.7/89-315/5
Budget,
1980-1985
1.7/89-315/6
Correspondence:
1.7/89-315/6
Leonard Gillman, Treasurer,
1984-1986
1.7/89-315/6
Ivan Niven, President,
1983-1985
1.7/89-315/6
Warren Page,
College Mathematics Journal,
1983-1987
1.7/89-315/6
Ken Ross, Secretary,
1984-1987
1.7/89-315/6
Lynn Arthur Steen, President,
1984-1986
1.7/89-315/6
A. B. Willcox, Executive director,
1979-1987
1.7/89-315/6
Editors/Associate Editors:
1.7/89-315/6
General, [includes notes],
1981-1985
1.7/89-315/6
Final issue letter,
September 3, 1986
1.7/89-315/6
R. P. Boas,
1979-1986
1.7/89-315/6
Wistar Comfort,
1982-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Richard K. Guy,
1981-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Raoul Hailpern,
1981-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Seymour Schuster,
1980-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Herbert S. Wilf,
1980-1985
1.7/89-315/7
Book Reviews:
1.7/89-315/7
Extended reviews:
1.7/89-315/7
Allen L. Edmonds,
1981-1985
1.7/89-315/7
John H. Ewing,
1980-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Telegraphic reviews, Lynn Steen,
1980-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Mathematical Education, R. F. And M. R. Wardrop,
1982-1987
1.7/89-315/7
Notes:
1.7/89-315/7
Sabra S. Anderson,
1982-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Sheldon Axler,
1983-1986
1.7/89-315/7
J. Arthur Seebach, about,
1984-1985
1.7/89-315/7
J. Arthur Seeback, to/from,
1983-1986
1.7/89-315/7
Problems:
1.7/89-315/7
G. L. Alexanderson,
1982-1985
1.7/89-315/7
Dale H. Mugler,
1982-1983
1.7/89-315/3
Advanced, David Borwein and Kenneth Stolarsky,
1980-1985
1.7/89-315/3
Elementary, Hugh M. W. Edgar,
1982-1985
1.7/89-315/3
Progress reports:
1.7/89-315/3
Thomas Banchoff,
1981-1984
1.7/89-315/3
Richard S. Millman,
1982-1984
1.7/89-315/8
General,
1977-1987:
[Filed roughly in alphabetical order by the name of the
correspondent and/or the subject of the correspondence. File numbers in
brackets reflect the original file numbering system. Note: single subject files
were generally not numbered.]
1.7/89-315/8
General MAA Correspondence and printed material,
1977-1986
1.7/89-315/8
Aaronson-Alder, [file 1]
1.7/89-315/8
Andree-Ascher, [file 2]
1.7/89-315/8
Assmus-Ayoub, [file 3]
1.7/89-315/8
Backlog-Bateman, [file 4]
1.7/89-315/8
Bear-Beyl, [file 5]
1.7/89-315/8
Bhuiyan-Blyth, [file 6]
1.7/89-315/8
Boas-Boyarsky, [file 7]
1.7/89-315/8
Book award
1.7/89-315/8
Braden-Byrnes, [file 8]
1.7/89-315/8
Cable-Cater, [file 9]
1.7/89-315/8
Chakerian-Chung, [file 10]
1.7/89-315/8
[file 11 is missing]
1.7/89-315/8
Cohen-Cox, [file 12]
1.7/89-315/8
Cover
1.7/89-315/8
Cronin-Czech problems, [file 13]
1.7/89-315/9
Criticism
1.7/89-315/9
Das-Dawson, [file 14]
1.7/89-315/9
DeBranges-Dhage, [file 15]
1.7/89-315/9
Dilworth-Dorsett, [file 16]
1.7/89-315/9
Distinguished service, MAA
1.7/89-315/9
Dress-Duncan, [file 17]
1.7/89-315/9
Eagon-El-Sabaa, [file 18]
1.7/89-315/9
Engel-Ewell, [file 19]
1.7/89-315/9
Fettis-Feuer, [file 20]
1.7/89-315/9
Fischer-Flanders, [file 21]
1.7/89-315/9
Ford awards-Fusard, [file 22]
1.7/89-315/9
Gallian-Gersting, [file 23]
1.7/89-315/9
Ghandehari-Gottschalk, [file 24]
1.7/89-315/9
Grabiner-Gzyl, [file 25]
1.7/89-315/9
Hackett-Hartzler, [file 26]
1.7/89-315/9
Hammer-Hayes, [file 27]
1.7/89-315/10
He-Hewitt, [file 28]
1.7/89-315/10
Hicks-Hill, [file 29]
1.7/89-315/10
Hoffman-Hsiung, [file 30]
1.7/89-315/10
Hubbard-Hyllengren, [file 31]
1.7/89-315/10
ICM-Izenman, [file 32}
1.7/89-315/10
Jacobson-Jech, [file 33]
1.7/89-315/10
Johnson-Jongsma, [file 34]
1.7/89-315/10
Kalam-Ken Schaft, [file 35]
1.7/89-315/10
Khajeh-Khalili-Knollenberg, [file 36]
1.7/89-315/10
Kocherlakota-Kurshan, [file 37]
1.7/89-315/10
Labuda-Lax, [file 38]
1.7/89-315/10
Lee-Liu, [file 39]
1.7/89-315/10
Logos-Lozano, [file 40]
1.7/89-315/10
Mack-Mandelbrot, [file 41]
1.7/89-315/10
Marcus-Mavrigian, [file 42]
1.7/89-315/10
McConnell-McGuigan, [file 43]
1.7/89-315/10
[file 44 missing]
1.7/89-315/10
Meetings-Meyerson, [file 45]
1.7/89-315/10
Mihalou-Mneimne, [file 46]
1.7/89-315/10
Moeckel-Mosteller, [file 47]
1.7/89-315/10
Mukherjee-Mycielski, [file 48]
1.7/89-315/11
Nabutovskii-Neumann, [file 49]
1.7/89-315/11
Nachbin
1.7/89-315/11
Negotiations
1.7/89-315/11
New projects
1.7/89-315/11
Nielson-Nummela, [file 50]
1.7/89-315/11
Obi-Owings, [file 51]
1.7/89-315/11
Packard-Phillips, [file 52]
1.7/89-315/11
Perlman
1.7/89-315/11
Pi-Putnam, [file 53]
1.7/89-315/11
Pictures
1.7/89-315/11
Photos, lists of names
1.7/89-315/11
Pseudonyms
1.7/89-315/11
Quandt-Qvant, [file 54]
1.7/89-315/11
Rajasekhar-Rautenberg, [file 55]
1.7/89-315/11
Reany-Reznick, [file 56]
1.7/89-315/12
Rebus
1.7/89-315/12
Richards-Rivlin, [file 57]
1.7/89-315/12
Roan-Royden, [file 58]
1.7/89-315/12
Rosenberg via Boas
1.7/89-315/12
Rubel-Rungaldier, [file 59]
1.7/89-315/12
Saban-Saxena, [file 60]
1.7/89-315/12
Schaffer-Scriba, [file 61]
1.7/89-315/12
Schattschneider
1.7/89-315/12
Sarkaria
1.7/89-315/12
Segal-Shub, [file 62]
1.7/89-315/12
Sibley-Smyth, [file 63]
1.7/89-315/13
Snell-Srivastava, [file 64]
1.7/89-315/13
Stacy-Struve, [file 65]
1.7/89-315/13
Style
1.7/89-315/13
Subrahmanyam-Szemeréde, [file 66]
1.7/89-315/13
Tanik-Thyagarajan, [file 67]
1.7/89-315/13
Tiruneh-Tyler, [file 68]
1.7/89-315/13
Ungar-Von Randow, [file 69]
1.7/89-315/13
Vyborny
1.7/89-315/13
Wagon-Waterhouse, [file 70]
1.7/89-315/13
Weaver-Wetzel, [file 71]
1.7/89-315/13
Whitaker-Whitt, [file 72]
1.7/89-315/13
Wieschenberg-Winkel, [file 73]
1.7/89-315/13
Wolinsky-Wyler, [file 74]
1.7/89-315/13
Xing-Zwicker, [file 75]
1.7/89-315/4
Restricted
[Correspondence revealing referee names is restricted for 30
years. It may be viewed after being redacted. Please contact the archivist for
more information]:
1.7/89-315/4
Fekete, [from file 20]
1.7/89-315/4
Marlow, [from file 42]
1.7/89-315/4
Martin, [from file 42]
1.7/89-315/4
Norwood, [from file 50]
1.7/89-315/4
Nyikos, [from file 50]
1.7/89-315/4
Powell, [from file 53]
1.7/89-315/4
Priestly, [from file 53]
1.7/89-315/5
Early problem receivers:
1.7/89-315/5
General,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/5
Correspondence,
1981-1982
1.7/89-315/5
Copies sent out,
1981-1986
1.7/89-315/5
Editorial assistant, salary requests,
1985-1987
1.7/89-315/5
Editor's reports to the MAA,
August 1982, January 1986
1.7/89-315/5
Forms:
1.7/89-315/5
Form letters,
undated
1.7/89-315/5
Form letters, help form letters for refereeing
suggestions,
undated
1.7/89-315/5
Letters, invitation number one,
undated
1.7/89-315/5
Master of blank used by PRH to record work done on
each submitted manuscript,
undated
1.7/89-315/5
Transmittal, cover page,
undated
1.7/89-315/5
Letters to the editor, proposal,
1982-1983
1.7/89-315/5
Master log of submitted papers,
1981-1984
1.7/89-315/5
Permissions,
1982-1985
1.7/89-315/5
Procedures, referee acknowledgement,
1980-1986
1.7/89-315/5
Progress reports,
1978-1980
1.7/89-315/5
Solicited articles:
1.7/89-315/5
Authors,
1981-1985
1.7/89-315/5
Subjects,
1980-1981
1.7/89-315/3
Statement of policy,
1982
1.7/89-315/3
Supplies,
1980-1984
1.7/89-315/3
Subscriptions, Kay Lamont,
1982-1987
1.7/89-315/3
Table of contents:
1.7/89-315/3
General,
1983-1985
1.7/89-315/3
Mailing list,
1985-1986 and undated
1.7/89-315/3
Writing manual, [research, correspondence and drafts],
1962-1984
1.7/89-315/1
Minutes of the Northern California Section,
May 30, 1987
1.7/89-315/1
Publications committee,
1988
Publications and lectures:
1.7/89-315/1
Correspondence,
1977
1.7/89-315/1
Various, [folder labeled 'Talks 1968'],
1970
1.7/89-315/1
Algebraic operators, lecture notes,
1970-1971 and undated
1.7/89-315/1
Algebraic and Quasi-algebraic operators,
undated
1.7/89-315/1
"American Mathematics from 1940 to the Day Before
Yesterday," with J. H. Ewing, W. H. Gustafson, S. H. Moolgavkar, W. H. Wheeler,
and W. P. Ziemer:
1.7/89-315/1
Unused history, [notes, drafts, etc.],
1973-1977
1.7/89-315/1
Published copies,
1976 and undated
1.7/89-315/1
"Applied Mathematics is Bad Mathematics":
1.7/89-315/1
Drafts,
1980
1.7/89-315/1
Typed drafts,
[1980]
1.7/89-315/1
"Asymptotic Toeplitz Operators," with José Barría,
1981
1.7/89-315/1
"Béla Szökefalvi-Nagy,"
[ca. 1984]
1.7/89-315/1
"Big Matrices and Little Kernels: The Examples that Come
Before the Theorems," [notes, manuscripts, and lecture version],
undated
1.7/89-315/1
"Bounded Matrices,"
undated
1.7/89-315/14
Bourbaki, "The Mathematician who Doesn't Exist,"
1960-1963
1.7/89-315/14
"A Decade of Progress in Operator Theory,"
1979 and undated
1.7/89-315/14
"Finite-dimensional Points of Continuity of Lat," with J.
B. Conwey,
1979-1980
1.7/89-315/14
"The Heart of Mathematics,"
1979-1981
1.7/89-315/14
"How to Talk Mathematics":
1.7/89-315/14
Correspondence and notes,
1973-1976 and undated
1.7/89-315/14
Drafts, publication, and translations,
1973-1977
1.7/89-315/14
"How to Write Mathematics":
1.7/89-315/14
Correspondence, fan mail and translations,
1970-1975
1.7/89-315/14
Translations, correspondence, and related publications,
1976-1981
1.7/89-315/14
Integral operators, old lectures,
undated
1.7/89-315/14
Integral Operators, correspondence,
1977-1979
1.7/89-315/15
"Limsups of Lats,"
1974-1980
1.7/89-315/15
"The Monthly and Me,"
FOCUS,
1981-1982
1.7/89-315/15
Power Boundedness, S. R. Foguel,
1962-1963
1.7/89-315/15
"Quadratic Interpolation,"
1981-1982 and undated
1.7/89-315/15
Review of
Creative Teaching: Heritage of R. L.
Moore,
1973-1974
1.7/89-315/15
Review of
The William Lowell Putnam Competition,
Problems and Solutions, 1938-1964,
1980-1981
1.7/89-315/15
Shifts:
1.7/89-315/15
"The Algebra and Topology of Shifts," and "Limits of
Shifts,"
undated
1.7/89-315/15
"Products of Shifts," [notes],
1972
1.7/89-315/15
"Some Unsolved Problems of Unknown Depth about Operators
on Hilbert Space":
1.7/89-315/15
Correspondence, drafts, and proofs,
1976
1.7/89-315/15
Royal Society of Edinburgh,
1976-1977
1.7/89-315/15
"Spectral Approximants of Normal Operators":
1.7/89-315/15
Colloquium talk,
1968
1.7/89-315/15
Draft, proofs,
1973 and undated
1.7/89-315/15
"The Teaching of Problem Solving":
1.7/89-315/15
Lecture from panel discussion, "The Problem of Learning
to Teach," with Moise and Piranian,
1973-1975
1.7/89-315/15
[How to Teach], drafts, notes, correspondence,
1973-1978 and undated
1.7/89-315/15
"Ten Solutions in Hilbert Space":
1.7/89-315/15
Texas Christian University Regional Conference on
Hilbert Space,
1978-1979
1.7/89-315/16
From survey talk,
1979-1980
1.7/89-315/16
Lecture,
1979
1.7/89-315/16
Unsolved problems, notes,
1976-1977 and undated
1.7/89-315/16
Von Neumann:
1.7/89-315/16
Correspondence,
1972-1974
1.7/89-315/16
Documents, [research],
1947-1964
1.7/89-315/16
Movie,
1966-1968 and undated
1.7/89-315/16
Useless,
1954-1970 and undated
1.7/89-315/16
"John Von Neumann," for
Encyclopedia Britannica, Draft
0-4, and final draft [draft 6],
1972 and undated
1.7/89-315/16
"The Legend of John Von Neumann,"
1972-1973
1.7/89-315/16
Von Neumann talk/"The Legend of John Von Neumann,"
1973 and undated
1.7/89-315/16
"Weakly Transitive Matrices," with José Barria,
1981
1.7/89-315/16
"What to Publish," panel discussion and paper,
1974-1976
1.7/89-315/16
"The Work of F. Riesz,"
[ca. 1980]