Being Professional

John H. Ewing
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John H. Ewing: Indiana University, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in PAUL HALMOS Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics, 1991, pp 143-148 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It’s impossible to reminisce about events that happened within the past 20 years; reminiscences describe events that are forgotten by everyone except (possibly) the teller. But here are observations about Paul Halmos during his Indiana years. They are observations as I might have recorded them a few years after arriving in Bloomington in 1973. I wish I had. I came fresh from a two-year instructorship at Dartmouth. I knew plenty about cohomology operations, about H spaces, and (I thought) about writing papers; I knew little about being a mathematician. I suspect most young mathematicians begin their careers in similar circumstances. Here’s what I learned by watching.

Keywords: Strong Opinion; Young Faculty; Young Colleague; Distinguish Professor; Natural Talent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0967-6_18

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