George Daniel Mostow (July 4, 1923 – April 4, 2017) was an American mathematician , renowned for his contributions to Lie theory . He was the Henry Ford II (emeritus) Professor of Mathematics at Yale University , a member of the National Academy of Sciences , the 49th president of the American Mathematical Society (1987–1988), and a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1982 to 1992.
4-487: Mostow may refer to: People [ edit ] George Mostow (1923–2017), American mathematician Mostow rigidity theorem Jonathan Mostow (born 1961), American movie and television director Places [ edit ] Mostów , a village in Poland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-651: Is known as Mostow rigidity . His work on rigidity played an essential role in the work of three Fields medalists , namely Grigori Margulis , William Thurston , and Grigori Perelman . In 1993 he was awarded the American Mathematical Society's Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research. In 2013, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics "for his fundamental and pioneering contribution to geometry and Lie group theory." George (Dan) Mostow
12-572: The title Mostow . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mostow&oldid=933003676 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Mostow The rigidity phenomenon for lattices in Lie groups he discovered and explored
16-585: Was born in 1923 in Boston , Massachusetts . His parents were Jews from Ukraine who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1948, with a thesis written under the supervision of Garrett Birkhoff . His academic appointments had been at Syracuse University from 1949 to 1952, at Johns Hopkins University from 1952 to 1961, and at Yale University from 1961 until his retirement in 1999. Mostow
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