John Milnor
American mathematician
John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician. He is known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems. Milnor is a professor at Stony Brook University and one of the four mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, and the Abel Prize.
John Willard Milnor | |
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| Born | February 20, 1931 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Known for | Exotic spheres Fary–Milnor theorem Milnor's theorem [2] Milnor–Thurston kneading theory Surgery theory |
| Spouse | Dusa McDuff |
| Awards | Putnam Fellow (1949, 1950) Sloan Fellowship (1955) Fields Medal (1962) National Medal of Science (1967) Leroy P Steele Prize (1982, 2004, 2011) Wolf Prize (1989) Abel Prize (2011) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ralph Fox |
| Doctoral students | Tadatoshi Akiba Jon Folkman John Mather Laurent C. Siebenmann Michael Spivak |
References
change- ↑ Staff. A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980 Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 35. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 24, 2015. "Milnor, John Willard M, Topology Born 1931 Orange, NJ."
- ↑ Milnor's Theorem – from Wolfram MathWorld
Other websites
change- Home page at SUNYSB
- Photo
- Exotic spheres home page
- The Abel Prize 2011 – video
- Raussen, Martin; Skau, Christian (March 2012). "Interview with John Milnor" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 59 (3): 400–408. doi:10.1090/noti803.
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