William Browder Scientist

William Browder (born January 6, 1934) is an American mathematician, specializing in algebraic topology, differential topology and differential geometry. Browder was one of the pioneers with Sergei Novikov, Dennis Sullivan and Terry Wall of the surgery theory method for classifying high-dimensional manifolds.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 06, 1934
Birth place
New York City
Nationality
United States
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Known for
Surgery theory

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
John Coleman Moore
doctoral student
Louis Kauffman
Frank Quinn (mathematician)
Alejandro Adem
Elmar Winkelnkemper
John Wagoner
Ted Petrie
William Pardon
Field of study
Mathematics

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