Bailey LeFevre Brown (AC 1924) Papers, 1930-1964
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Brown Papers
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Brown, Bailey Lefevre
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Biographical Note Bailey LeFevre Brown was born in Jamestown, New York in 1903. After attending Jamestown High School, he entered Amherst College with the Class of 1924. He received the M.A. from Princeton University in 1925. In 1926-1927 he was instructor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College. In 1927 he joined the faculty at Amherst College in the department of Mathematics, first as an Instructor (1927-1936), then as Assistant Professor (1936-1941), Associate Professor (1941-1947) and Professor (1947-). He was the author of several articles on abstract algebra. Brown died in 1971.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Mathematical notes, correspondence, article reprints and other materials documenting Professor Brown's research in mathematics, particularly ring theory, real analysis, Schur's Lemma, limit theorems and other problems.
Mathematicians--United States--Biography--Sources.
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Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Brown, Bailey LeFevre.
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McCoy, Neal Henry, 1905-
Amherst College. Class of 1924. Brown.
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Series 1. NOTEBOOKS AND LOOSE MATHEMATICAL NOTES, 1941-1964
"Notebook No. 1": Mathematical notes on ring theory, and correspondence on same with Neal H. McCoy, Smith College. Manuscript and typescript notes, sheets 1:1 through 1:181, with some sections titled as follows: "Division rings and subdirect sums" [1:49]; "Annihilators in polynomial rings" [1:136]; "Prime ideals in non-associative rings" [1:149] 1941 Mar-1956 Oct
Notebook No. 2": Mathematical notes on ring theory. Manuscript and type script, sheets 2:1 through 2:105, with some sections titled as follows: "The Jacobson radical" [2:2]; "The Jacobson radical interms of modules" [2:10]; "The decomposition theorem in terms of modules" [2:14]; "On properties of regular rings" [2:25]; "Identities in alternative rings" [2:26]; "Row finite matrices 1949 Mar-1953 Aug
Miscellaneous mathematical notes on ring theory. Manuscript mathematical notations, with one section titled: "Subdirect sums of rings." ca. 1946
Miscellaneous mathematical notes: Manuscript mathematical notes, with two sections titled as follows: "Division rings and maximal ideals" "Modules and the Jacobson radical" 1946-1948
Miscellaneous mathematical notes: Manuscript mathematical notes on commutative rings. 1948-1950
Mathematical notes on "Some theorems on groups" [notation on original folder] Manuscript mathematical notes, one section titled "Regularity in an alternative naring." 1948-1950
Miscellaneous mathematical notes on real analysis and ring theory; manuscript mathematical notes. ca. 1952
Mathematical notes on "Schur's Lemma"; manuscript mathematical notes. ca. 1952 Aug
Miscellaneous mathematical notes on linear algebra, and, specifically, characteristic vectors [Original mailing envelope labeled "Math 33S-McCoy"]; manuscript mathematical notes, untitled, most undated. ca. 1964?
Mathematical notes on limit theorems; Manuscript mathematical notes. n.d.
Miscellaneous mathematical notes; manuscript notes, undated, untitled. n.d.
Series 2. COLLABORATION WITH NEAL H. MCCOY, 1945-1956
Correspondence with Neal H. McCoy concerning mathematical proofs proposed by Bailey L. Brown. 1945 Apr-Aug
Correspondence with Neal H. McCoy on ring theory. 1955 Dec-1956 Jul
Correspondence with Neal H. McCoy; proofs; typescript and notes for "Some theorems on groups with applications to ring theory." Manuscript and typescript materials relating to a proposed article for the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 1949-1950
Manuscript copy of "Radicals and subdirect sums." (Presented by Bailey L. Brown and Neal H. McCoy to the American Mathematical Society) 1946 April 27
Reprint, Duke Mathematical Journal, vol. 13, no. 1. "Rings with unit element which contain a given ring", Bailey L. Brown and Neal H. McCoy. 1946 March
Correspondence with Neal H. McCoy; notes, typescript for "A note on finite unions of ideals and sub-groups." 1956 Aug-1956 Oct
Mimeographed copy of "The real number system" [Possibly co-authored by Bailey Brown and Neal McCoy] n.d.
Series 3. CORRESPONDENCE, CLASS MATERIALS AND OTHER PAPERS, 1930-1953
Correspondence with Oswald Veblen. Concerns the possibility of Bailey Brown submitting geometric formulas for publication. 1930 July 14
Correspondence with Prof. S. Lefschetz [Princeton University]. Exchange of correspondence concerning the possible inclusion of theorems by Bailey L. Brown in the American Mathematical Monthly. 1932 Mar-Apr
Correspondence with Marshall H. Stone () Concerning a lecture by Stone at Amherst College on "Mensuration and the theory of groups." 1940 Feb-Mar
Correspondence with Prof. Nathan Jacobson [Yale University]; carbon typescript and revisions for "An extension of the Jacobson radical." (Presented by Bailey L. Brown to the American Mathematical Society). 1950 Feb 25
Typescript, "On imbedding in product spaces." (Presented by Bailey L. Brown to the American Mathematical Society). 1951 Dec 26
Mimeographed class materials, labeled "Mathematics 264, Summer 1953." "The Jacobson radical and related structure theory." 1953
Mimeographed copy of "The theory of rings" by Irving Kaplansky. n.d.