Clifford Taubes
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Clifford Henry Taubes (born February 21, 1954)[1] is the William Petschek Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and works in gauge field theory, differential geometry, and low-dimensional topology. His brother is the journalist Gary Taubes.
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Clifford Taubes | |
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Born | (1954-02-21) February 21, 1954 (age 70) New York City, New York |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Taubes's Gromov invariant Bott–Taubes polytope |
Awards | Shaw Prize (2009) Clay Research Award (2008) NAS Award in Mathematics (2008) Veblen Prize (1991) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematical physics |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Thesis | The Structure of Static Euclidean Gauge Fields (1980) |
Doctoral advisor | Arthur Jaffe |
Doctoral students | Michael Hutchings Tomasz Mrowka |
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