William Thurston
William Paul Thurston (born 1946) American mathematician, recipient of the Fields medal in 1982, perhaps best known for Thurston’s geometrization conjecture.
After earning a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, Thurston taught at MIT, Princeton (where he worked on foliation and lectured on the orbifold theorem), UC Davis. Since 2003 he has been a professor of mathematics and computer science at Cornell University.
| Title | William Thurston |
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| Canonical name | WilliamThurston |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:15:30 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:15:30 |
| Owner | PrimeFan (13766) |
| Last modified by | PrimeFan (13766) |
| Numerical id | 5 |
| Author | PrimeFan (13766) |
| Entry type | Biography |
| Classification | msc 01A65 |
| Classification | msc 01A61 |
| Classification | msc 01A60 |
| Synonym | William Paul Thurston |
| Synonym | Bill Thurston |