John McCarthy (mathematician) facts for kids
John Edward McCarthy, born on January 20, 1964, is a smart mathematician. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known as the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences. He used to lead the Department of Mathematics and Statistics there. Mr. McCarthy studies special math topics like operator theory and complex variables. He also looks at how math can help in other areas.
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About John Edward McCarthy
His Early Life and School
John McCarthy grew up in Ireland. He went to Trinity College Dublin and earned his first degree in 1983. Later, he moved to the United States. He got his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. His teacher there was Donald Sarason.
His Career as a Professor
After finishing his studies, Mr. McCarthy wanted to go back to Ireland. But there were no teaching jobs open at the time. So, he did research at Indiana University Bloomington. In 1991, he joined Washington University in St. Louis. He became a citizen of the United States in 1996. He has been a full professor since 1999. Since 2011, he has been the Spencer T. Olin Professor. He was also the head of the Math and Statistics Department from 2016 to 2021.
Awards and Honors
Mr. McCarthy has received special awards for his work. In 2016, he won the Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson Award. This award is given by the Canadian Mathematical Society. In 2018, he was chosen as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This means he is recognized as a top mathematician.
Books He Has Written
John McCarthy has written several math books. These books help other mathematicians learn and understand complex ideas. Here are some of his books:
- Holomorphic Spaces (edited with Sheldon Axler and Donald Sarason), published in 1998.
- Pick Interpolation and Hilbert function spaces (with Jim Agler), published in 2002.
- Transition to Higher Mathematics: Structure and Proof (with Bob A. Dumas), first published in 2006. A second edition came out in 2015.
- Operator Analysis: Hilbert space methods in complex analysis (with Jim Agler and Nicholas Young), published in 2020.
