Michael Hutchings (mathematician)
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Michael Lounsbery Hutchings is an American mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He is known for proving the double bubble conjecture on the shape of two-chambered soap bubbles,[2] and for his work on circle-valued Morse theory and on embedded contact homology, which he defined.
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Michael Hutchings | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Proof of the double bubble conjecture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | Clifford Taubes |
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