Lipman Bers
Latvian mathematician Lipman Bers (1914-93) emigrated to the United States in 1940 and taught at Brown, Syracuse, and NYU before joining the Columbia faculty from 1964-82. He created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked in many other areas, including Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. Bers was also a prominent human rights activist who helped obtain the release of Soviet dissidents during the 1970s.
Latvian mathematician Lipman Bers (1914-93) emigrated to the United States in 1940 and taught at Brown, Syracuse, and NYU before joining the Columbia faculty from 1964-82. He created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked in many other areas, including Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. Bers was also a prominent human rights activist who helped obtain the release of Soviet dissidents during the 1970s. See less
