John Willard Milnor | |
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Born | Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[1] | February 20, 1931
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Known for | Exotic spheres Fary–Milnor theorem Milnor's theorem [2] Milnor–Thurston kneading theory Surgery theory |
Spouse | Dusa McDuff |
Awards | Putnam Fellow (1949, 1950) Sloan Fellowship (1955) Fields Medal (1962) National Medal of Science (1967) Leroy P Steele Prize (1982, 2004, 2011) Wolf Prize (1989) Abel Prize (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Stony Brook University |
Doctoral advisor | Ralph Fox |
Doctoral students | Tadatoshi Akiba Jon Folkman John Mather Laurent C. Siebenmann Michael Spivak |
John Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician. He is known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems. Milnor is a professor at Stony Brook University and one of the four mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, and the Abel Prize.