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John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University and the only mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, the Abel Prize and all three Steele prizes.
John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931, Orange, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 for his work in differential topology and the Abel Prize in 2011 for his work in topology, geometry, and algebra. Milnor attended Princeton University (A.B., 1951; Ph.D., 1954), in New Jersey. He held an appointment at Princeton from 1954 to 1967 and, after several years at other institutions, joined the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study ...
John Milnor's parents were Joseph Willard Milnor (1889-1949) and Emily Cox (1891-1973). Joseph Milnor, born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, graduated from Lehigh University in 1912 with first class honours in mathematics. After serving for a year with the General Electric Company in Pittsfield, he entered the engineering department of the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1913.
John W. Milnor is the recipient of the 2011 Abel Prize of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. This in-terview, conducted by Martin Raussen and Christian Skau, took place in Oslo in conjunction with the Abel Prize celebration on May 25, 2011, and originally appeared in the September 2011 issue of the Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society. Martin Raussen is associate professor of mathematics at
Aug 26, 2014 · John Milnor: A conversation with a mathematical legend. One of the highlights of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) was the opportunity to meet a true mathematical legend. His name is John Milnor, and he's won several high-profile prizes over the years, including the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Abel Prize in 2011.
John Willard Milnor was born on 20 February 1931 in Orange, New Jersey, in the USA. Milnor is a Distinguished Professor and Co-director of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Stony Brook University in New York. John Milnor was educated at Princeton University, where he received his A.B. in 1951. He began research at Princeton after graduating and displayed such exceptional brilliance
Aug 18, 2014 · At the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2014 we had the great privilege to meet a true legend of mathematics: John Milnor. Milnor is famous not only for his work in mathematics, but also for his writing which has inspired generations of mathematicians. He has won three major mathematical prizes: the Fields Medal in 1962, Wolf ...
Topology vs. Geometry Exotic. Spheres in 7 Dimensions. Die Hauptvermutung der kombinatorischen Topologie. J.W. Milnor: On the total Curvature of Knots. The Place de l'Étoile in Paris, with The Arch of Triumph in the middle, has Milnor number 25. Dictionary for a better understanding of the citation of the Abel Commitee.
Mar 24, 2011 · John Milnor, an American mathematician best known for the discovery of exotic hyperspheres, was awarded the 2011 Abel Prize, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced March 23.
John Willard Milnor Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, New York «for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra». All of Milnor’s works display marks of great research: profound insights, vivid imagination, elements of surprise, and supreme beauty. Milnor’s discovery of exotic smooth spheres in seven dimensions was completely unexpected.
