Burt Totaro
| Burt Totaro | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1967 (age 46–47) |
| Institutions |
University of Cambridge University of California, Los Angeles |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | K-Theory and Algebraic Cycles (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Shoshichi Kobayashi |
Burt James Totaro, FRS (b. 1967), is an American mathematician at University of Cambridge and UCLA, specializing in Algebraic Geometry and Algebraic Topology.
Biography
Totaro enrolled at Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth while in grade school. At the age of 13, he enrolled at Princeton University.[1] He graduated in 1984 and went on to graduate school at Berkeley, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989.[2] In 2000, he was elected Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge. In the same year, he was awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society.[3]
In 2009, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.[4] As of 2010, he is one of three managing editors of the journal Compositio Mathematica.[5]
Mathematical work
Totaro's work is partly influenced by the Hodge conjecture, and is based on the connections and application of topology to algebraic geometry. His work has applications in a number of diverse areas of mathematics, from representation theory to Lie theory to group cohomology.[6]
References
- ↑ Princeton Alumni Weekly
- ↑ Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Citation for Burt Totaro
- ↑ "Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". Cambridge University news. 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ "Editorial Board of Compositio Mathematica".
- ↑ Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society
External links
- Personal web page
- Geometry Bulletin Board, Totaro's mathematics blog.