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Richard Palais
American mathematician (born 1931) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Sheldon Palais (born May 22, 1931) is an American mathematician working in differential geometry.
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Richard Palais | |
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![]() Richard Palais (right) and Chuu-Lian Terng (left) at Oberwolfach, 2010 | |
Born | (1931-05-22) May 22, 1931 (age 93) Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
Known for | Mostow–Palais theorem Lie–Palais theorem Morse–Palais lemma Palais–Smale compactness condition |
Spouse | Chuu-Lian Terng |
Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship (1965) Lester R. Ford Award (2010) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Brandeis University University of California, Irvine |
Thesis | A Global Formulation of the Lie Theory of Transformation Groups (1956) |
Doctoral advisor | Andrew Gleason George Mackey |
Doctoral students | Edward Bierstone Leslie Lamport Jill P. Mesirov Chuu-lian Terng Karen Uhlenbeck |
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