William Thurston
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- Born
- 1861
- Died
- 2012-08-21
- Works
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,541x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,895x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,991x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,725x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,527x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Paul Thurston , ( 1946-10-30 ) October 30, 1946, Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Died
- August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) (aged 65), Rochester , New York, U.S.
- Alma mater
- New College of Florida , University of California, Berkeley
- Known for
- Thurston's geometrization conjecture , Thurston's 24 questions , Thurston's theory of surfaces , Milnor–Thurston kneading theory , Orbifold , And many other concepts (linked at See also section )
- Awards
- Fields Medal (1982), Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1976), Alan T. Waterman Award (1979), National Academy of Sciences (1983), Doob Prize (2005), Leroy P. Steele Prize (2012).
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Cornell University , University of California, Davis , Mathematical Sciences Research Institute , University of California, Berkeley , Princeton University , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Institute for Advanced Study
- Thesis
- Foliations of three-manifolds which are circle bundles (1972)
- Doctoral advisor
- Morris Hirsch
- Doctoral students
- Danny Calegari , Richard Canary , Benson Farb , David Gabai , William Goldman , Richard Kenyon , Steven Kerckhoff , Yair Minsky , Igor Rivin , Oded Schramm , Richard Schwartz , Jeffrey Weeks
Key dates
- Born
- 30 October 1946
- Died
- 21 August 2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- Rochester
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- New College of Florida
- Languages spoken
Article
William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds.
Thurston was a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, University of California, Davis, and Cornell University. He was also a director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
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