John Charles Fields
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1863
- Died
- 1932
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Proceedings of the International Mathematical Congress held in Toronto, August 11-16, 1924
- Theory of the algebraic functions of a complex variable
- Universities, research and brain waste
- Symbolic finite solutions and solutions by definite integrals of the equation ...
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,187x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,528x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,528x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,190x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1863-05-14 ) May 14, 1863, Hamilton , Canada West
- Died
- August 9, 1932 (1932-08-09) (aged 69), Toronto , Ontario, Canada
- Resting place
- Hamilton Cemetery
- Alma mater
- University of Toronto , Johns Hopkins University
- Known for
- Fields Medal , Fields Institute
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Thesis
- Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation d y/dx = x y (1886)
- Doctoral students
- Samuel Beatty
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Key dates
- Born
- 14 May 1863
- Died
- 9 August 1932
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Hamilton
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
John Charles Fields, FRS, FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
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1863 births1932 deathsAcademic staff of the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and ScienceCanadian fellows of the Royal SocietyCanadian mathematiciansCorresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of SciencesFellows of the Royal Society of CanadaJohns Hopkins University alumniMathematicians of the University of TorontoScientists from Hamilton, Ontario