In 1971 Seebach and Steen took over the Book Reviews section of American Mathematical Monthly, including Telegraphic Reviews which ran for several pages every month. The massive effort was eventually distributed over some 50 mathematicians at Saint Olaf, Carleton, and Macalester Colleges. Telegraphic Reviews, in telegraphic style, was started by Kenneth O. May in 1965 and provided an American posting of new publications before the digital age.
Seebach and Steen conducted research in a 1967 summer school with students investigating the independence of conditions on topological spaces. They summarized their work in Counterexamples in Topology (1978).
In 1975 Seebach and Steen became co-editors of Mathematics Magazine. Steen wrote:
Arthur’s sense of whimsy, his love of puns, and his proclivity for obscure connections totally transformed the image of Mathematics Magazine. Cover art, viewed as radical at the time, has since been emulated...
Seebach welcomed the rise of computers when he assembled a Heathkit H8. In 1986 he became editor of Mathematical Notes in American Mathematical Monthly.
Beyond mathematics, Seebach sang with the Bach Society of Minnesota. The craftsmanship of the Studebaker automobile appealed to Seebach and he operated a side-business in Studebaker parts, driving some, and publishing a newsletter for fellow aficionados of the car. His newsletter experience was of value to Mathematical Association of America when they began their own newsletter.
Seebach died in 1996 from complications of diabetes.
arthur, seebach, arthur, seebach, 1938, december, 1996, american, mathematician, arthur, seebach, working, with, student, olaf, college, math, department, office, photo, from, 1986, olaf, college, yearbook, arthur, seebach, olaf, college, math, department, off. J Arthur Seebach Jr May 17 1938 December 3 1996 was an American mathematician J Arthur Seebach Jr working with a student in his St Olaf College Math Department Office Photo from the 1986 St Olaf College Yearbook J Arthur Seebach Jr in his St Olaf College Math Department Office Photo from the 1987 St Olaf College Yearbook Seebach studied Greek language as an undergraduate making it a second major with mathematics Seebach studied with A I Weinzweig at Northwestern University He earned a Ph D with the thesis Cones and Homotopy in Categories Seebach began to teach at Saint Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota in 1965 He his wife Linda A Seebach and Lynn A Steen wrote an expository article What is a Sheaf 1 The paper showed that a sheaf is useful in analysis algebra and geometry when considering germs of holomorphic functions local rings and differential forms J Arthur also wrote Injectives and Homotopy 2 In 1971 Seebach and Steen took over the Book Reviews section of American Mathematical Monthly including Telegraphic Reviews which ran for several pages every month The massive effort was eventually distributed over some 50 mathematicians at Saint Olaf Carleton and Macalester Colleges Telegraphic Reviews in telegraphic style was started by Kenneth O May in 1965 and provided an American posting of new publications before the digital age Seebach and Steen conducted research in a 1967 summer school with students investigating the independence of conditions on topological spaces They summarized their work in Counterexamples in Topology 1978 In 1975 Seebach and Steen became co editors of Mathematics Magazine Steen wrote Arthur s sense of whimsy his love of puns and his proclivity for obscure connections totally transformed the image of Mathematics Magazine Cover art viewed as radical at the time has since been emulated Seebach welcomed the rise of computers when he assembled a Heathkit H8 In 1986 he became editor of Mathematical Notes in American Mathematical Monthly Beyond mathematics Seebach sang with the Bach Society of Minnesota The craftsmanship of the Studebaker automobile appealed to Seebach and he operated a side business in Studebaker parts driving some and publishing a newsletter for fellow aficionados of the car His newsletter experience was of value to Mathematical Association of America when they began their own newsletter Seebach died in 1996 from complications of diabetes References Edit J A Seebach Linda A Seebach amp Lynn A Steen 1970 What is a Sheaf American Mathematical Monthly 77 681 703 MR0263073 J A Seebach 1972 Injectives and HomotopyIllinois Journal of Mathematics 16 446 53 link from Project Euclid MR0300276 Lynn Arthur Steen 1997 In Memoriam J Arthur Seebach Jr Mathematics Magazine 70 78 79 External links EditJ Arthur Seebach Jr at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Arthur Seebach Jr amp oldid 949293211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
