Eric Schechter

Eric Schechter is an American mathematician, currently an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University. His interests started primarily in analysis but moved into mathematical logic. His Erdős number is five.[1]

Politics

Schechter is involved in liberal/progressive political activism. His mathematical homepage includes a few anti-war statements^[1], and his political home page includes a long essay about progressive ideology.^[2] At a meeting for the Living wage movement on Vanderbilt's campus, he remarked that it is hard to bring up politics in a non-political environment, and expressed that people did not talk much about politics in the mathematics department at Vanderbilt.^[3] His father, Henry Schechter, was a deputy of the AFL-CIO.^[4]

Mr. Schechter has recently announced that he will be running for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District seat against incumbent congressman Jim Cooper. Cooper is a Democrat, while Schechter will be on the ballot officially as an independent. ^[5]

Important works

Schechter has authored a number of articles in analysis, differential equations, mathematical logic, and set theory. He is best known for writing two textbooks covering advanced material but written at an introductory level:

• (2005) Classical and Nonclassical Logics (ISBN 0-691-12279-2) (more information)
• (1996) Handbook of Analysis and its Foundations (ISBN 0126227608) (more information)

References

External links

• Eric Schechter's Mathematical Home Page
• Eric Schechter's Political Home Page
• Congressional Campaign Website

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