Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2020).
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John Milnor
John Willard Milnor 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.
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Born 20 February 1931 · Q215765
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2020· 2 entries
Received the Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society, for "contributions to differential topology, geometric topology, algebraic topology, algebra, and dynamical systems"
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Abel Prize (2011).
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Awarded Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2011).
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Khaleej Times: John Milnor of the US gets prestigious Abel math prize
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (2004).
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1991· 1 entry
A symposium was held at Stony Brook University in celebration of his 60th birthday
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1989).
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1984· 1 entry
Milnor introduced a definition of attractor
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize (1982).
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“Seminal Contribution to Research”
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1977· 1 entry
Won James Madison Medal (1977).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1970).
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1967· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (1967).
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1963· 1 entry
And the American Philosophical Society 1965
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1962· 2 entries
Won Fields medal (1962).
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Milnor was awarded the Fields Medal for his work in differential topology
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1961· 1 entry
Milnor disproved the Hauptvermutung by illustrating two simplicial complexes that are homeomorphic but combinatorially distinct, using the concept of Reidemeister torsion
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1956· 1 entry
Of the existence of 7-dimensional spheres with nonstandard differentiable structure, which marked the beginning of a new field – differential topology
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1954· 2 entries
Studied at Princeton University (1948–1954).
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After completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "Isotopy of links", also under the supervision of Fox
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1951· 1 entry
After completing a senior thesis, titled "Link groups", under the supervision of Ralph Fox
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded Putnam Fellow (1949).
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And 1950 and also proved the Fáry–Milnor theorem when he was only 19 years old
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-02-20.
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