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Morris Hirsch

b. 1933

American mathematician

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Born 1933. Morris Hirsch is an American mathematician, university teacher and lecturer.

Morris William Hirsch (born June 28, 1933) is an American mathematician, formerly at the University of California, Berkeley.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hirsch attained his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1958, under supervision of Edwin Spanier and Stephen Smale. His thesis was entitled Immersions of Manifolds. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Hirsch had 23 doctoral students, including William Thurston, William Goldman, and Mary Lou Zeeman.

Selected works with Stephen Smale and Robert L. Devaney: Differential equations, dynamical systems and an introduction to chaos, Academic Press 2004 (2nd edition) 3rd edition, 2013 with Stephen Smale: Differential equations, dynamical systems and linear algebra, Academic Press 1974 Differential Topology, Springer 1976, 1997 with Barry Mazur: Smoothings of piecewise linear manifolds, Princeton University Press 1974 with Charles C. Pugh, Michael Shub: Invariant Manifolds, Springer 1977

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University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley
Employers
University of California, Berkeley
Awards
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Also known as
Morris William Hirsch

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Who is Morris Hirsch?

American mathematician

When was Morris Hirsch born?

Morris Hirsch was born on 28 June 1933 in Chicago.

What is Morris Hirsch's occupation?

Morris Hirsch is a mathematician, university teacher and lecturer.

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Morris Hirsch is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Morris Hirsch

· Wikidata: Q472127

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