Morris Hirsch
Morris Hirsch | |
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Morris W. Hirsch, Berkeley 1986 (age 53) | |
| Born | June 28, 1933 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisors | Edwin Spanier Stephen Smale |
| Doctoral students | |
Morris William Hirsch (born June 28, 1933) is an American mathematician, formerly at the University of California, Berkeley.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hirsch attained his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1958, under supervision of Edwin Spanier and Stephen Smale. His thesis was entitled Immersions of Manifolds. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Hirsch had 23 doctoral students, including William Thurston, William Goldman, and Mary Lou Zeeman.