Herbert Clemens
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Charles Herbert Clemens Jr. (born 15 August 1939)[1] is an American mathematician specializing in complex algebraic geometry.[2]
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Herbert Clemens | |
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Born | 15 August 1939 (1939-08-15) (age 84) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Known for | Clemens conjecture |
Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians (1974, 1986) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Algebraic geometry |
Institutions | Columbia University University of Utah Ohio State University |
Thesis | Picard-Lefschetz Theorem for Families of Algebraic Varieties Acquiring Certain Singularities (1966) |
Doctoral advisor | Phillip Griffiths |
Doctoral students | Enrico Arbarello |
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