About F. Reese Harvey
F. Reese Harvey was a mathematician and university teacher.
Frank Reese Harvey (born 1941) is an American mathematician known for contributions to the field of differential geometry. In 1982, in collaboration with Blaine Lawson, Harvey introduced calibrated geometry, which is instrumental in the formulation of the SYZ conjecture. He is Edgar Odell Lovett Professor and professor emeritus of mathematics at Rice University, He obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1966, under the direction of Hikosaburo Komatsu.
He joined the Rice University faculty in 1968, and retired as Edgar Odell Lovett Professor in 2003.
Recognition In 1983 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw. In 2024, he was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences.
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