Author
Edward Witten
1 paper on this site (2024) · 1 co-author · newest Apr 30, 2024
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American theoretical physicist. Read the article
- Born
- 1951, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S
- Studied at
- Brandeis University (BA); Princeton University (MA, PhD)
- Doctoral advisors
- David Gross; Michael Atiyah
- Doctoral students
- Jonathan Bagger (1983); Cumrun Vafa (1985); Xiao-Gang Wen (1987); Dror Bar-Natan (1991); Shamit Kachru (1994); Eva Silverstein (1996) and 1 more
- Known for
- M-theory; Seiberg–Witten theory; Seiberg–Witten invariants; Seiberg–Witten moduli space; Seiberg–Witten flow; Seiberg–Witten map and 21 more
- Prizes and honours
- MacArthur Fellowship (1982); Albert Einstein Medal (1985); ICTP Dirac Medal (1985); Alan T. Waterman Award (1986); Fields Medal (1990); Dannie Heineman Prize (1998); Nemmers Prize (2000); National Medal of Science (2002) and 8 more
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