O. Timothy O'Meara

O. Timothy O'Meara
Born	(1928-01-29) January 29, 1928 South Africa
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Notre Dame
Alma mater	Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Emil Artin
Doctoral students	Everett C. Dade Larry Gerstein [[{{{1}}}]]

Onorato Timothy O'Meara (born January 29, 1928) is an American mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. He is provost emeritus and professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.

O’Meara is the author of Symplectic Groups, Introduction to Quadratic Forms, and The Classical Groups and K-Theory (co-author, [[{{{1}}}]]).

In 2008, the University of Notre Dame Mathematics Library was rededicated and named in his honor.

Works

• Introduction to Quadratic Forms, Classics in Mathematics (1963, 2000), Springer, ISBN 3540665641
• Lectures on linear groups, (1974), American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0-8218-1672-1
• Symplectic Groups (1978), American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0821815164
• The Classical Groups and K-Theory (1989), co-author, Alex Hahn, Springer, ISBN 3642057373

See also

• Symplectic group
• Classical groups
• K-theory
• O'Meara Mathematics Library

References

• "Realizing Fr. Ted's Vision" by Alexander J. Hahn
• O. Timothy O'Meara at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=euclid.bams/1183526641
• http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=euclid.bams/1183544722
• http://mathematics.library.nd.edu/about/documents/OMearaLibraryHistory.pdf