Antony Wassermann
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Antony John Wassermann (born 1957) is a British mathematician working in operator algebras. He is known for his works on conformal field theory (providing several series of subfactors), the actions of compact groups on von Neumann algebras, and his proof of the Baum–Connes conjecture for connected reductive linear Lie groups.[1][2]
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Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
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Awards | Invited speaker ICM (1994) Whitehead Prize (1990) Miller Research Fellows (1986–88) |
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Fields | Topology |
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Thesis | Automorphic actions of compact groups on operator algebras (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Jonathan Rosenberg |
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