William Fulton (mathematician)
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| Born | August 29, 1939 Naugatuck, Connecticut |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan University of Chicago Brown University |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerard Washnitzer |
| Other academic advisors | John Milnor John Coleman Moore Goro Shimura |
| Doctoral students | Johan Hansen Sean Keel Robert Lazarsfeld Sam Payne Milena Hering |
| Notable awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (2010) |
William Edgar Fulton (born August 29, 1939) is an American mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1961 and his doctorate from Princeton University in 1966. Fulton worked at Princeton and Brandeis University from 1965 until 1970, when he began teaching at Brown. In 1987 he moved to the University of Chicago.[1] He is, as of 2011, a professor at the University of Michigan.[2]
Fulton is known as the author or coauthor of a number of popular texts, including Algebraic Curves and Representation Theory.
Awards and honors
In 1996 he received the Steele Prize for mathematical exposition for his text Intersection Theory.[1] Fulton is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2000. In 2010, he was awarded the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.[3] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]
Selected works
- Algebraic Curves: An Introduction To Algebraic Geometry, with Richard Weiss. New York: Benjamin, 1969. Reprint ed.: Redwood City, CA, USA: Addison-Wesley, Advanced Book Classics, 1989. ISBN 0-201-51010-3. Full text online.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Announcement of the 1996 Steele Prizes at the American Mathematical Society web site, accessed July 15, 2009.
- ↑ University of Michigan mathematics department, alphabetical faculty listing, accessed November 13, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.ams.org/ams/press/steele-lifetime-2010.html AMS announcement of 2010 Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-12-29.
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External links
- 1939 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Algebraic geometers
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Princeton University alumni
- University of Michigan faculty
- People from Naugatuck, Connecticut
