Andrew Casson

Andrew Casson

male, 66 years old
Yale University, topologist, University of California, Berkeley faculty, Erdős number 3, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Poincaré conjecture
Andrew John Casson FRS (born 1943) is a British mathematician, an expert on geometric topology and currently the chair of the Department of...
Valentin Poénaru

Valentin Poénaru

male
Harvard University, Princeton University, mathematician, romanian, French, University of Paris…Poincaré conjecture
Valentin Poénaru is a Professor of Mathematics at Université de Paris-Sud. He specializes in low-dimensional topology. Born in Romania, he did hi...
Christos Papakyriakopoulos

Christos Papakyriakopoulos

male, deceased (1976)
Princeton University, Dehn's lemma, sphere theorem, Veblen Prize in Geometry, Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, Christos Dimitriou Papakyriakopoulos…Poincaré conjecture
Christos Dimitriou Papakyriakopoulos, commonly known as "Papa" was a Greek mathematician specializing in geometric topology. He worked in isolation...
Martin Dunwoody

Martin Dunwoody

male, 71 years old
mathematician, British, mathematics, Poincaré conjecture, geometric group theory, Professor Martin J. Dunwoody
Professor Martin J. Dunwoody is professor of mathematics at the University of Southampton, England. Dunwoody is working on geometric group theory...

Henri Poincaré

male, deceased (1912)
Relativists, eidetic memory, Chaos theorist, principle of relativity, topologist, three-body problem…Poincaré conjecture
Jules Henri Poincaré was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. Poincaré is often de...

Richard Hamilton

male, 66 years old
Columbia University, National Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, Poincaré conjecture, Clay Research Award, Geometrization conjecture
Richard Streit Hamilton is professor of mathematics at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in 1966 from Princeton University. Robert Gunning...

Bruce Kleiner

male
Yale University, Ricci flow, Xi-Ping Zhu, John Morgan, Wu-Yi Hsiang, Huai-Dong Cao…Geometrization conjecture, Poincaré conjecture
Bruce Kleiner is an American mathematician, working in differential geometry and topology and geometric group theory. He received his Ph.D. in 1990...

Huai-Dong Cao

male
Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Michigan, Lehigh University, mathematician…Poincaré conjecture
Huai-Dong Cao is A. Everett Pitcher Professor of Mathematics in Lehigh University. He collaborated with Xi-Ping Zhu of Zhongshan University in...
Grigori Perelman

Grigori Perelman

male, 43 years old
scientist, Jewish, Riemannian geometry, Poincaré conjecture, Fields Medal, Geometrization conjecture…Thurston's geometrization conjecture
Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, born 13 June 1966 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia), sometimes known as Grisha Perelman, is a Russian...
John Edensor Littlewood

John Edensor Littlewood

male, deceased (1977)
Tripos Wranglers, Old Pauline, London Mathematical Society, from Rochester, Medway, Copley Medal, Royal Medal…twin prime conjecture, second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture, first Hardy-Littlewood conjecture
John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 - 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician, best known for his long collaboration with G. H. Hardy