TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Correspondence:
Papers:
Preprints:
Reprints:
Lectures:
Conferences, delegations and visiting
appointments:
Interview with Walter Feit in
1987-1988
"A Short History of the Burnside Problem,"
undated
Daniel Gorenstein,
1992 and undated
Geoffrey Robinson,
1984-1993 and undated
National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical
Sciences, Awards in algebra and number theory,
1987-1988
Tributes and dedications,
1989-1990, 2003 and undated
Early years,
1941-1944, 2000
Feit Memorial Service,
October 10, 2004
Memorials [includes obituaries],
1994-2004
Odd and interesting [includes correspondence and printed
matter],
1955, 1983-1996
Brauer materials:
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A Guide to the Walter Feit Papers, 1933-2005
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| Creator: | Feit, Walter,
1930- |
| Title: | Walter Feit
Papers |
| Dates: | 1933-2005 |
| Abstract: | Walter Feit, 1930-2004,
was a pure mathematician who contributed to algebra, geometry, topology, number
theory and logic and was co-author of one of the most influential papers ever
written on finite group theory, “Solvability of Groups of Odd Order.”
Correspondence and other printed material, including preprints, reprints and
manuscripts, make up the bulk of this collection. |
| Accession No.: | 2005-122 |
| Extent: | 3 ft., 4in. |
| Laguage: | Materials are
written in English. |
| Repository: | Archives of American Mathematics, Center for
American History,The University of Texas at
Austin |
Walter Feit, 1930-2004, was a pure
mathematician who contributed to algebra, geometry, topology, number theory and
logic and was co-author of one of the most influential papers ever written on
finite group theory, “Solvability of Groups of Odd Order.” Feit was born in
Vienna, but in 1939 he fled Austria for England via KinderTransport. In 1946,
Feit left England for the United States to live with family in Florida. Soon
after, he entered the University of Chicago and earned both his BA and Master’s
degree in 1951. Feit did his Ph.D. work at the University of Michigan and
joined the mathematics faculty at Cornell University in 1953. In 1964, Feit
joined the mathematics faculty of Yale University, where he remained for 40
years, until his retirement in 2003. While his most famous result is the proof
of the Feit-Thompson theorem, completed jointly with John G. Thompson, Feit
wrote and published extensively over the years, working in finite group theory
and modular character theory.
Walter Feit was awarded the Cole Prize by
the American Mathematical Society in 1965 for his work with Thompson and was
elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1977) and the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. Feit also served as Vice-President of the International
Mathematical Union.
A digital version of Walter Feit’s Memorial Service
can be found online at
http://www.math.yale.edu/public_html/WalterFeit/WalterFeit.html.
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Correspondence and other printed
material, including preprints, reprints and manuscripts, make up the bulk of
this collection. The collection contains a wealth (9 in.) of correspondence
between Feit and John G. Thompson, primarily mathematical in nature, but also
covering more personal topics. Papers, preprints and reprints comprise
approximately 10 inches of the collection, although most reprints are included
in duplicate, when available. Of particular biographical relevance are the
materials related to Walter Feit’s memorial service, as they include memoirs of
his life in Vienna and England.
Also included in the collection are
materials from Richard Brauer (1901-1977), mathematician and Walter Feit’s
mentor. Of note, are bound class notes given to Feit by a student of
Brauer.
Original file titles were retained when
possible. File titles created by the archivist are enclosed in square
brackets.
Forms part of the Archives of American
Mathematics
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Access Restrictions
Restricted access. Materials from
Geoffrey Robinson are restricted as they pertain to yet to be published
matters. Portions of the correspondence have been restricted until 2020.
Digital media is also restricted. All other materials are unrestricted.
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| | Brauer, Richard, 1901- |
| | Feit, Walter, 1930- |
| | Serre, Jean Pierre, 1926- |
| | Thompson, John Griggs, 1932- |
| | Feit-Thompson theorem |
| | Finite groups |
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Walter Feit Papers, 1933-2005, the Center
for American History, Archives of American Mathematics, The University of Texas
at Austin.
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Correspondence:
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| 4RM119 | | | E-mails with Jean-Pierre Serre,
2000-2005 |
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| 4RM85 | | | Restricted: Serre e-mail file,
3.5" disk,
2000-2005 |
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| 4RM119 | | | With John-Pierre Serre,
1971-2000 and undated |
| | | With John G. Thompson: |
| | | | 1959-1969 |
| | | | 1970-1979 |
| | | | 1980-1982 |
| | | | 1983 |
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| 4RM120 | | | | 1984-1985 |
| | | | 1986-1987 |
| | | | 1988-1989 |
| | | | 1990-1993 |
| | | | 1994-2002 |
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| 4RM121 | | | | Email, undated |
| box |
| 4RM85 | | | | Restricted: |
| | | | | E-mail,
undated |
| | | | | Thompson-Feit e-mail, 3.5" disk,
undated |
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| 4RM121 | | | Feedback sent to authors,
1991-1995 |
| | | Hardy Lectures,
1992-1993 |
| | | Journal of Algebra,
1984-1991 |
| | | Nomination of Efim Zelmanov for a Fields Medal,
1991-1992 and undated |
| | | With publishers,
1971-1981 and undated |
| | | [Rackham School of Graduate Studies],
1988 and undated |
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| 4RM112 | | | | Three photos of Walter Feit,
undated |
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| 4RM121 | | | Incoming,
1963-1985 |
| | | General correspondence,
1954-1997 and undated |
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| 4RM55a | | | | Computer printout of decomposition matrices from
Concordia University Computer Center,
November 2, 1979 |
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| 4RM122 | | | General correspondence,
1954-1997 and undated |
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Papers:
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| 4RM122 | | | "Applications of the Classification of Simple Groups to
Mondromy,"
undated |
| | | Foreword to the papers on finite group theory in
Burnside's collected works,
undated |
| | | "A New Congruence for the Ramanujan Function [?],"
undated |
| | | [Untitled manuscript],
undated |
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Preprints:
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| 4RM122 | | | "Classifying the Finite Simple Groups," Daniel Gorenstein,
1989 and undated |
| | | "Defect Groups in the Theory of Representations of Finite
Groups," Richard Brauer,
1969 |
| | | "On Groups of Odd Order,"
undated |
| | | "A Solvability Criterion for Groups of Odd Order,"
undated |
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Reprints:
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| 4RM123 | | | 1950s,
1953-1959 |
| | | 1960s,
1960-1967 |
| | | 1970s,
1970-1979 |
| | | 1980s,
1980-1989 |
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| 4RM124 | | | 1990s,
1990-1999 |
| | | 2000s,
2000-2003 |
| | | [Undated],
undated |
| | | “Solvability of Groups of Odd Order” in
Pacific Journal of Mathematics,
Volume 13, No. 3,
Fall 1963 |
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Lectures:
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| 4RM113 | | | Restricted: Feit lecture,
digital videocassette,
undated |
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| 4RM124 | | | Group Theory Seminar lectures, 1960-1961,
1961 |
| | | History of Algebra Symposium,
1975 |
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| 4RM9a | | | | History of Algebra Symposium, two audiocassettes,
1975 |
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| 4RM124 | | | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
1972-1974 |
| | | Proceedings of Symposia in Pure
Mathematics, Volume IV: 1960 Institute on Finite Groups,
1962 |
| | | Proceedings of the Third Pan-African
Congress of Mathematicians (August 20-28, 1991, Nairobi Kenya),
1991 |
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Conferences, delegations and visiting
appointments:
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| 4RM124 | | | All Souls College,
1988-1990 |
| | | Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's
Republic of China,
1977 |
| | | Newton Institute,
1995-1997 and undated |
| | | George Seligman's Birthday Conference on Structure and
Representation Theory of Lie Algebras,
1990-1992 |
| | | Thompson Conference,
2002 and undated |
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| 4RM125 | | Interview with Walter Feit in
Matemática Universitária,
1987-1988 |
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| 4RM125 | | "A Short History of the Burnside Problem,"
undated |
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| 4RM125 | | Daniel Gorenstein,
1992 and undated |
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| 4RM127 | | Restricted: Geoffrey Robinson,
1984-1993 and undated |
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| 4RM125 | | National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical
Sciences, Awards in algebra and number theory,
1987-1988 |
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| 4RM125 | | Tributes and dedications,
1989-1990, 2003 and undated |
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| 4RM125 | | Early years,
1941-1944, 2000 |
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| 4RM125 | | Feit Memorial Service,
October 10, 2004 |
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| 4RM85 | | | Restricted: Feit Memorial
Service, CD-ROM,
October 10, 2004 |
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| 4RM125 | | Memorials [includes obituaries],
1994-2004 |
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| 4RM125 | | Odd and interesting [includes correspondence and printed
matter],
1955, 1983-1996 |
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Brauer materials:
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| 4RM125 | | | Correspondence,
1954-1977 |
| | | [Technical report],
undated |
| | | Gottnigen, 1964-1965,
undated |
| | | Lectures,
undated |
| | | Differential equations,
undated |
| | | Unsolved problems - NY,
undated |
| | | [Notes for C],
undated |
| | | Unsolved problems - Bowdoin,
undated |
| | | Unsolved problems,
undated |
| | | Early talks,
1946 and undated |
| | | Lectures, class, etc.,
1933-1939 and undated |
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| 4RM126 | | | Unsolved problems,
undated |
| | | [Untitled paper with corrections],
undated |
| | | "On finite projective groups,"
1979 and undated |
| | | [Assorted notes],
undated |
| | | Class notes: |
| | | | Rings and Algebras,
undated |
| | | | Galois Theory,
undated |
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