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John Milnor

John Willard Milnor

American mathematician.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
Topologist
University Teacher

Field of Work

Topology
Mathematics
Differential Topology
K-Theory
Dynamical Systems
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Date of Birth

2/20/1931

Country of Citizenship

United States

Award Received

14 items
Fields Medal
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Abel Prize
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
National Medal of Science
(1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Leroy P. Steele Prize
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
(1989)
Object Named As
:for ingenious and highly original discoveries in geometry, which have opened important new vistas in topology from the algebraic, combinatorial, and differentiable viewpoint.
Award Rationale
: for ingenious and highly original discoveries in geometry, which have opened important new vistas in topology from the algebraic, combinatorial, and differentiable viewpoint.
Country of Citizenship
:
United States
Point in Time
: 1989
Humboldt Research Fellowship
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
(1970)
Point in Time
: 1970
Point in Time
: 1984
Humboldt Prize
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
(2014)
Award Rationale
: For contributions to differential topology, geometric topology, algebraic topology, algebra, and dynamical systems.
Point in Time
: 2014
Announcement Date
: 11/1/2013
Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
(2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
Lomonosov Gold Medal
(2020)
Point in Time
: 2020
Putnam Fellow
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Point in Time
: 1950
James Madison Medal
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977

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Employer

Princeton University
(1953 - 1970)
Start Time
: 1953
End Time
: 1970
Stony Brook University
(1988 - )
Start Time
: 1988
Institute for Advanced Study
(1970 - 1990)
Start Time
: 1970
End Time
: 1990

Educated At

Princeton University
(1948 - 1954)
Start Time
: 1948
End Time
: 1954

Given Name

John
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:1
Willard
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:2

Place of Birth

Orange

Member Of

American Mathematical Society
(11/1/2013 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Start Time
: 11/1/2013
National Academy of Sciences
(1963 - )
Start Time
: 1963
Russian Academy of Sciences
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Spouse

Dusa McDuff

Doctoral Advisor

Ralph Fox

Birth Name

John Willard Milnor

Family Name

Milnor

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

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Obálky Knih
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Jack Milnor

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Publication Date
: 1954
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Notable Work

Milnor–Moore Theorem
Milnor–Thurston Kneading Theory
Fary–Milnor Theorem
Milnor Conjecture
Švarc–Milnor Lemma
Milnor K-Theory
Milnor Number
Milnor Map
Milnor–Wood Inequality
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