Daniel Quillen
American mathematician known for higher algebraic K-theory, / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Gray "Dan" Quillen (June 22, 1940 – April 30, 2011) was an American mathematician. He is known for being the "prime architect" of higher algebraic K-theory, for which he was awarded the Cole Prize in 1975 and the Fields Medal in 1978.
Daniel Quillen | |
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| Born | June 22, 1940 |
| Died | April 30, 2011 (aged 70) Haven Hospice,[1] North Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Algebraic K-theory (Quillen's Q-construction), Quillen–Suslin theorem, Bass–Quillen conjecture, rational homotopy theory, Quillen determinant line bundle, Mathai–Quillen formalism, Quillen's lemma, Quillen metric, Quillen's theorems A and B |
| Awards | Fields Medal (1978) Cole Prize (1975) Putnam Fellow (1959) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Formal Properties of Over-Determined Systems of Linear Partial Differential Equations (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Raoul Bott |
| Doctoral students | Kenneth Brown Varghese Mathai |
| Influences | Michael Atiyah Alexander Grothendieck Jean-Pierre Serre |
From 1984 to 2006, he was the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Magdalen College, Oxford.