Mazur received the award for his work in topology, arithmetic geometry, and number theory, and for his leadership and generosity in shaping the next generation of mathematicians. Earlier today at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland, International Mathematical Union (IMU) President...
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Dr. Michael J. Hopkins, George Putnam Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics and Harvard Department of Mathematics Chair, gave a lecture titled "The great wild manifold rodeo: Dennis Sullivan in algebraic topology" as part of the 2022 Abel Lectures held...
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Congratulations to this year’s prize and award recipients! Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize From the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Harvard received a fund from which to grant annual awards to undergraduates on the basis of outstanding scholarly...
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We are thrilled to announce that Perkins Professor of Mathematics and Director of Graduate Studies Mark Kisin is among sixteen Harvard faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy, founded in 1781, is an honorary society...
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By Anastasia Yefremova Few undergraduate level classes have the distinction of nation-wide recognition that Harvard University’s Math 55 has. Officially comprised of Mathematics 55A “Studies in Algebra and Group Theory” and Mathematics 55B “Studies in Real and Complex Analysis,” it...
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