Frederick J. Almgren, Jr.
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Frederick Justin Almgren, Jr. (July 3, 1933, Birmingham, Alabama–February 5, 1997, Princeton, New Jersey) was a mathematician working in geometric measure theory. His most important work was in regularity of mass-minimizing surfaces (with applications in solutions to Plateau's problem). He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974.
He was a student of Herbert Federer, one of the founders of geometric measure theory. He was the advisor and husband of Jean Taylor.
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[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Frederick J. Almgren, Jr.”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Frederick J. Almgren, Jr. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- In Memoriam: Frederick J. Almgren, Jr., 1933-1997
