John Milnor (2007)
John Willard Milnor (Orange, New Jersey, February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician, known for his work in differential opology, K-theory and dynamic systems. In addition, he wrote some influential books. In 1962 he won the Fields Medal, in 1989 the Wolf Prize and in 2011 the Abel Prize. Milnor became professor at Stony Brook University in 1988. Lifecycle
Milnor was born in Orange, New Jersey. He studied at the University of Princeton. While studying here, he proved Fary-Milnor's statement. He graduated from Princeton in 1960 and wrote his dissertation on the isotopics of links, dealing with link groups (a generalization of node groups) and their corresponding switch structure. His promoter was Ralph Fox. After completing his doctorate, he continued to work at Princeton.
In 1962 Milnor was awarded the Fieldsmedaille for his work in differential opology. After that, he won the National Medal of Science (1967), the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Fundamental Research Contributions (1982), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1989), the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Promoting Mathematics (2004) and the Leroy P. Steele Prize for his entire career (2011). He was editor of the Annals of Mathematics for several years. In addition, he wrote a number of books that are characterized by their accessibility, clarity and precision.
In 2011, Milnor won the Abel Prize for his performance in the field of topology, geometry and algebra. Milnor, in a response to receiving this prize, told the New Scientist that it feels very good to win the prize, but always amazed by a phone call at six o'clock in the morning.
John Milnor has had the following students: Tadatoshi Akiba, Jon Folkman, John Mather, Laurent C. Siebenmann, Jonathan Sondow and Michael Spivak. Externe link
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