John N. Mather
John N. Mather | |
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Mather at Oberwolfach in 2005 | |
| Born | John Norman Mather June 9, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 2017 (aged 74) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | Smooth functions Topologically stratified space Aubry–Mather theory Mather theory Mather division theorem |
| Awards | John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1978) National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) (2000) George David Birkhoff Prize (2003) Brouwer Medal (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques Harvard University Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | John Milnor |
| Doctoral students | Giovanni Forni (1993) Vadim Kaloshin (2001) Alfonso Sorrentino (2008) |
John Norman Mather (June 9, 1942 – January 28, 2017) was a mathematician at Princeton University known for his work on singularity theory and Hamiltonian dynamics.