About Clifford Taubes
Born 1954. Clifford Taubes is an American mathematician, topologist and university teacher, known for Cyclohedron and Taubes's Gromov invariant.
Clifford Henry Taubes (born February 21, 1954) is the William Petschek Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and works in gauge field theory, differential geometry, and low-dimensional topology. His brother is the journalist Gary Taubes.
Early career Taubes received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in physics in 1980 from Harvard University under the direction of Arthur Jaffe, 2010 (plenary; selected, but did not speak)) Veblen Prize (AMS) (1991) Elie Cartan Prize (Académie des Sciences) (1993) Elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. Clay Research Award (2008) NAS Award in Mathematics (2008) from the National Academy of Sciences. Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2009) jointly with Simon Donaldson
Selected publications Books
1980: 1993: The L2 Moduli Spaces on Four Manifold With Cylindrical Ends (Monographs in Geometry and Topology) 1996: Metrics, Connections and Gluing Theorems (CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics) 2000: 2008 : 2011: Differential Geometry: Bundles, Connections, Metrics and Curvature, (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics #23)
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Who is Clifford Taubes?
American mathematician
When was Clifford Taubes born?
Clifford Taubes was born on 21 February 1954 in Rochester.
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Clifford Taubes is a mathematician, topologist and university teacher.
What is Clifford Taubes known for?
Clifford Taubes is known for Cyclohedron and Taubes's Gromov invariant.
What nationality is Clifford Taubes?
Clifford Taubes is American.
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