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Stephen Smale
Stephen Smale is an American mathematician, known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently is a professor emeritus, with research interests in algorithms, numerical analysis and global analysis.
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Born 15 July 1930 · Q315394
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2007).
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Smale was awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics
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1998· 1 entry
Compiled a list of 18 problems in mathematics to be solved in the 21st century, known as Smale's problems
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
And took up a post as professor at the City University of Hong Kong
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (1994).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Chauvenet Prize (1988).
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Smale was the recipient of the Chauvenet Prize of the MAA
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1982).
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1966· 3 entries
Won Fields medal (1966).
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Having travelled to Moscow under an NSF grant to accept the Fields Medal, he held a press conference there to denounce the American position in Vietnam, Soviet intervention in Hungary and Soviet maltreatment of intellect
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And spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (1960–1961 and 1964–1995), where he currently is a professor emeritus, with research interests in algorithms, numeric
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1965).
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1964· 1 entry
Returned to a professorship at Berkeley, where he has spent the main part of his career
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1960· 1 entry
Smale received a Sloan Research Fellowship and was appointed to the Berkeley mathematics faculty, moving to a professorship at Columbia the following year
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1957· 2 entries
Under Raoul Bott, beginning his career as an instructor at the University of Chicago
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Studied at University of Michigan (1948–1957).
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1948· 1 entry
Studied at Grand Blanc Community High School (1948).
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-07-15.
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