EntityQ441729· pop 12· linked from 100 articlesReuben HershSign in to saveAmerican mathematician (1927–2020)ConnectionsmathematicsEntityNew York CityCityHarvard UniversityEntityprobabilityEntitySanta FeEntitymathematicianEntitydigital object identifierEntityInternational Standard Serial NumberEntityG.H. HardyEntityEnglish-language literatureEntityNew York UniversityEntityJSTOROrganizationbibcodeEntityphilosophy of mathematicsEntityImre LakatosEntitylinear mapEntitypartial differential equationEntityScientific AmericanEntityShiing-Shen ChernEntityPeter LaxEntityCategories1927 births2020 deaths20th-century American mathematicians20th-century American science writers21st-century American mathematiciansAmerican people of Jewish descentAmerican philosophers of mathematicsCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumniHarvard University alumniMathematics writersNational Book Award winnersUniversity of New Mexico faculty