Richard Borcherds Scientist

Richard Ewen Borcherds (/ˈbɔrtʃərdz/; born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician specializing in lattices, number theory, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998.

Personal facts

Richard Borcherds
Birth dateNovember 29, 1959
Birth place
Cape Town , South Africa
Nationality
United Kingdom
Residence
United Kingdom , United States
Education
University of Cambridge
Known for
Generalized Kac–Moody algebra

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Scientist

awards
Fields Medal
Royal Society
doctoral advisor
John Horton Conway
Field of study
Mathematics

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External resources

  1. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354191
  2. http://math.berkeley.edu/~reb