Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Smale , ( 1930-07-15 ) July 15, 1930 (age 95) , Flint, Michigan , U.S.
- Education
- University of Michigan ( BS , PhD )
- Awards
- Wolf Prize (2007), National Medal of Science (1996), Chauvenet Prize (1988) , Fields Medal (1966), Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1966), Sloan Fellowship (1960)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago , City University of Hong Kong , University of Chicago , Columbia University , University of California, Berkeley
- Thesis
- Regular Curves on Riemannian Manifolds (1957)
- Doctoral advisor
- Raoul Bott
- Doctoral students
- Rufus Bowen , César Camacho , Robert L. Devaney , John Guckenheimer , Morris Hirsch , Nancy Kopell , Jacob Palis , Themistocles M. Rassias , James Renegar , Siavash Shahshahani , Mike Shub
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Flint
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- City University of Hong Kong
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Raoul Bott
- Field of work
- differential geometry
- Image
- Stephen Smale2.jpg
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- 4
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Smale (born July 15, 1930) is an American mathematician, known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (1960–1961 and 1964–1995), where he currently is Professor Emeritus, with research interests in algorithms, numerical analysis and global analysis.
Education and career
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