David R. Morrison (mathematician)
David Robert Morrison (born July 29, 1955 in Oakland , California ) is an American mathematician and physicist . He deals with string theory as well as related algebraic geometry .
Life
Morrison studied at Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in 1976 and at Harvard University with a master's degree in 1977 and a doctorate under Phillip Griffiths in 1980 ( Semistable Degenerations of Enriques and Hyperelliptic Surfaces ). From 1980 he was an instructor and from 1982 assistant professor at Princeton University and 1984/85 visiting scholar at Kyoto University (as a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science). In 1986 he became Associate Professor and 1992 Professor of Mathematics at Duke University , from 1997 as Duke Professor of Mathematics and Physics . Since 2006 he has been a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara .
Morrison began as a mathematician in classical algebraic geometry, but also has a second mainstay as a string theorist. In accordance with his background, he dealt in particular with the interfaces and mutual fertilization of algebraic geometry and string theory (especially dualities of algebraic varieties called mirror symmetry).
In 1992/93, 1996/97 and 2000 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study . In 1995 he was visiting professor at Cornell University , in 2005 he was at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and in 2006 research professor at MSRI .
In 2013 he became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society , in 2005 Senior Scholar at the Clay Mathematics Institute and in 2005/06 Guggenheim Fellow . In 2015 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
He was co-editor of the works of his teacher Phillip Griffiths.
Morrison was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zurich in 1994 ( Mirror Symmetry and Moduli Spaces of Superconformal Field Theories ).
Fonts
- Editor with Dan Freed , Isadore Singer Quantum field theory, supersymmetry, and enumerative geometry , IAS / Park City Mathematics Series, Volume 11, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 2006.
- Edited by Pierre Deligne , Pavel Etingof , Freed, Lisa Jeffrey , David Kazhdan , John W. Morgan , Edward Witten Quantum fields and strings: A course for mathematicians , 2 volumes, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1999
- Mirror symmetry and rational curves on quintic threefolds: A guide for mathematicians , J. Amer. Math. Soc. 6, 1993, 223-247, arxiv : alg-geom / 9202004
- Mathematical aspects of mirror symmetry , in János Kollár (editor) Complex Algebraic Geometry , IAS / Park City Math. Series, Volume 3, 1997, pp. 265–340, arxiv : alg-geom / 9609021
- Mathematical Aspects of Mirror Symmetry , in Björn Engquist , Wilfried Schmid Mathematics Unlimited , Springer Verlag 2001, arxiv : math.AG/0007090
- with Brian Greene , Paul S. Aspinwall : Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, Mirror Manifolds and Spacetime Topology Change in String Theory. Nucl.Phys. B 416, 1994, 414-480. arxiv : hep-th / 9309097
- with Paul Aspinwall, Brian Greene: Spacetime topology change: the physics of Calabi-Yau Moduli Space , in Strings 93, World Scientific 1995, arxiv : hep-th / 9311186
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ David R. Morrison in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Morrison, David R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morrison, David Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland (California) |