Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger | |
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Jeff Cheeger (left) with H. Blaine Lawson (right) in 2007 | |
| Born | December 1, 1943 Brooklyn, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Riemannian geometry Metric Geometry Cheeger constant |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1984) NAS member (1997) Veblen Prize (2001) Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2019) Shaw Prize (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | New York University Stony Brook University University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Salomon Bochner James Harris Simons |
| Doctoral students | Christina Sormani Xiaochun Rong Xianzhe Dai |
Jeff Cheeger (born December 1, 1943) is an American mathematician and Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. His main interest is differential geometry and its connections with topology and analysis.