Author
John Milnor
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On Wikipedia
American mathematician. Read the article
- Born
- 1931, Orange, New Jersey
- Studied at
- Princeton University (BA, MA, PhD)
- Doctoral advisor
- Ralph Fox
- Doctoral students
- Tadatoshi Akiba; Jon Folkman; John Mather; Laurent C. Siebenmann; Michael Spivak
- Known for
- Exotic spheres; Fáry–Milnor theorem; Hauptvermutung; Milnor K-theory; Microbundle; Milnor–Thurston kneading theory and 6 more
- Prizes and honours
- Putnam Fellow (1949, 1950); Sloan Fellowship (1955); Fields Medal (1962); National Medal of Science (1967); Leroy P. Steele Prize (1982, 2004, 2011); Wolf Prize (1989); Abel Prize (2011); Lomonosov Gold Medal (2020)
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Recommended on this site
Books, notes and papers by John Milnor that this site recommends, with where. Each opens its Library entry.
- Book
- BookMorse Theory
Recommended in Stage 7: Topology & the Fundamental Group
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