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Dominic Joyce

b. 1968

British mathematician

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About Dominic Joyce

Born 1968. Dominic Joyce is a British mathematician and university teacher.

Dominic David Joyce FRS His undergraduate and doctoral studies were at Merton College, Oxford. He undertook a DPhil in geometry under the supervision of Simon Donaldson, completed in 1992. After this he held short-term research posts at Christ Church, Oxford, as well as Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley in the United States.

Joyce is known for his construction of the first known explicit examples of compact Joyce manifolds (i.e., manifolds with G2 holonomy). He has received the London Mathematical Society Junior Whitehead Prize and the European Mathematical Society Young Mathematicians Prize. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.

Selected publications

with Yinan Song: arxiv.org preprint

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Merton College, University of Oxford
Employers
Princeton University, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley
Awards
Fröhlich Prize; Adams Prize; Whitehead Prize; EMS Prize; Fellow of the Royal Society
Also known as
Dominic David Joyce

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dominic Joyce?

British mathematician

When was Dominic Joyce born?

Dominic Joyce was born on 8 April 1968.

What is Dominic Joyce's occupation?

Dominic Joyce is a mathematician and university teacher.

What nationality is Dominic Joyce?

Dominic Joyce is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dominic Joyce

· Wikidata: Q1237590

· DBpedia: Dominic Joyce

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