Rolando Chuaqui

Rolando Chuaqui Kettlun (1935–1994) was a Chilean mathematician working on foundations of probabilities and foundations of mathematics. Chuaqui held visiting positions in  UCLA (1967), Princeton University (1970), Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (1971 and 1982), University of California, Berkeley (1973–74), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil (1976, 1977 and 1978), Stanford University (1984), and San José State University (1986-89). Chuaqui was a long-term collaborator of Patrick Suppes, with whom he worked on non-standard analysis and measurement in sciences.[1]

A series of annual research conferences in Chile, the Jornadas Rolando Chuaqui Kettlun, is held in his memory.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Life and Work of Rolando Chuaqui Kettlun (in Spanish), Jornados Rolando Chuaqui Kettlun, retrieved 2017-03-25.
  2. ↑ Jornadas Rolando Chuaqui Kettlun: filosofía y ciencias, retrieved 2017-03-25.
  3. ↑ Cordero, Alberto. "Philosophy of Science in Latin America". In Zalta, Edward N. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2016 ed.).
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