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Date: Thu, Apr 22, 1999, 08:23 AM
RE: MIT News about Rota
MIT Mathematics Professor Gian-Carlo Rota dies at 66
April 21, 1999
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CAMBRIDGE, MA. April 21 -- MIT Professor of Mathematics Gian-Carlo
Rota died last weekend, apparently in his sleep, at his Cambridge
apartment on the eve of a celebration of his work at Temple University
in Philadelphia. He was 66.
Dr. Rota was to have given a series of three lectures, the Groswald
Memorial Lectures, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Temple University,
expounding on his work. Temple University Professor of Mathematics Alu
Srinivasan, who organized the event, said Dr. Rota "is one of the
greatest men in the 20th century in combinatorics," his field of
mathematics. Dr. Rota has described combinatorics as "putting
different-colored marbles in different-colored boxes, and seeing how
many ways you can divide them."
The death of Dr. Rota was discovered following inquiries from Temple
University when Dr. Rota failed to arrive in Philadelpia for the lecture
series. Cambridge Police went to his apartment and found him dead in bed.
The cause of death has not yet been announced. The announcement of his
death was delayed until it was confirmed today that his next of kin, who
are in Europe, were notified.
A more extensive obituary will be published on the News Office web site
tomorrow. An interview with Dr.
Rota was published in MIT Tech Talk last October 28.
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CONTACT:
Denise Brehm
MIT News Office
(617) 253-2704
brehm@mit.edu
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