CharlesFefferman 2007-02-23 19:22:56 2007-02-23 19:25:45 Biography % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) %\usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions \usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here \theoremstyle{theorem} \newtheorem*{thm}{Theorem} \newtheorem*{lemma}{Lemma} \newtheorem*{conj}{Conjecture} \newtheorem*{cor}{Corollary} \newtheorem*{example}{Example} \newtheorem*{prop}{Proposition} \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem*{defn}{Definition} \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem*{rmk}{Remark} Charles Louis Fefferman (born April 18, 1949) is a Professor of mathematics at Princeton University. Fefferman was a \PMlinkescapetext{child} prodigy, receiving his PhD at Princeton at the age of 20 with advisor Elias Stein. He become full professor at University of Chicago at age 22 and come back to Princeton soon afterwards. He received the Fields medal in 1978. He is well known for his work in several complex variables.