Daniel Gorenstein

Personal life
Daniel Gorenstein (1 Jan 1923-26 Aug 1992) was an American mathematician.

Professional life

 * 1951: Gorenstein accepted a teaching position at Clark University
 * 1975: Gorenstein joined Rutgers University
 * 1975: Gorenstein joined Rutgers University

Group theory
Gorenstein was among the mathematicians who worked on the Classification of finite simple groups, starting from the year 1960.


 * 1960-61: Began a long collaboration with Walter on group theory, and also interacted with Brauer, Suzuki, Higman, Graham and Ito.
 * 1968: Wrote a book titled Finite groups describing the then state-of-the-art in the classification of finite simple group.
 * 1982: Wrote a book titled Finite simple groups: an introduction to their classification
 * 1983: Wrote (jointly with Lyons) a book titled The local structure of finite groups of characteristic 2 type
 * 1994: Wrote (along with Lyons and Solomon) a book titled The classification of finite simple groups

Advisor
Gorenstein worked under Advisor::Saunders Maclane.

Collaborators
Gorenstein collaborated with many others working on the classification of finite simple groups, including:


 * Collaborator::Walter
 * Collaborator::Richard Brauer
 * Collaborator::Michio Suzuki
 * Collaborator::Graham Higman
 * Collaborator::Graham
 * Collaborator::Ito
 * Collaborator::Richard Neil Lyons
 * Collaborator::Ronald Mark Solomon