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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.
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.
John Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems. View five larger pictures. Biography. John Milnor's parents were Joseph Willard Milnor (1889-1949) and Emily Cox (1891-1973).
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.
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
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.
Aug 26, 2014 · 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.
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.
More recently, John Milnor turned his attention to dynamical systems in low dimensions. With Thurston, he pioneered ”kneading theory” for interval maps, laying down the combinatorial foundations of interval dynamics, creating a focus of intense research for three decades.
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...
