Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-04-18 ) April 18, 1949 (age 77) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Maryland, College Park , Princeton University
- Awards
- Alan T. Waterman Award (1976) Fields Medal (1978) Bergman Prize (1992), Bôcher Memorial Prize (2008) Wolf Prize (2017) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2021)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Princeton University , University of Chicago
- Thesis
- Inequalities for Strongly Singular Convolution Operators (1969)
- Doctoral advisor
- Elias Stein
- Doctoral students
- Matei Machedon , Luis A. Seco
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Elias M. Stein
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Charles Fefferman.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1949-04-18
- Commons category
- Charles Fefferman
- Erdős number
- 2
- name in native language
- Charles Louis Fefferman
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Louis Fefferman (born April 18, 1949) is an American mathematician at Princeton University, where he is currently the Herbert E. Jones, Jr. '43 University Professor of Mathematics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1978 for his contributions to mathematical analysis.
Early life and education
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