James W. Cannon
James W. Cannon | |
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| Born | January 30, 1943 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Known for | work in low-dimensional topology, geometric group theory |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society Sloan Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison Brigham Young University |
| Doctoral advisor | Cecil Burgess |
| Doctoral students | Colin Adams |
James W. Cannon (born January 30, 1943) is an American mathematician working in the areas of low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory. He was an Orson Pratt Professor of Mathematics at Brigham Young University.