Morton Brown
Morton Brown (born August 12, 1931 in New York City ) is an American mathematician who studies topology .
Brown received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1958 with RH Bing . From 1960 to 1962 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study . He was then a professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . In 1963 he became a Sloan Research Fellow .
With Barry Mazur he received the Oswald-Veblen Prize in 1965 for their simultaneous proof of the generalized Schoenflies conjecture in geometric topology, which states that two-dimensional spheres in three-dimensional space (in contrast to one-dimensional knots) can always be "untied" ( see also Schoenflies theorem ). He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society .
Web links
- Morton Brown in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
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| SURNAME | Brown, Morton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |