Daniel Quillen
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Daniel Quillen was an American mathematician renowned for revolutionizing algebraic K-theory and for his influential contributions to homotopy theory, earning him the Fields Medal in 1978.
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| instanceOf |
American mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Raoul Bott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Mathematical Society Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
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Cole Prize in Algebra NERFINISHED ⓘ Cole Prize in Number Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Fields Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of Alzheimer’s disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-06-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-04-30 ⓘ |
| doctoralDegreeYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | Formal Properties of Over-Determined Systems of Linear Partial Differential Equations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Tulane University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Oxford ⓘ École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Quillen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic K-theory
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algebraic topology ⓘ category theory ⓘ homological algebra ⓘ homotopy theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
algebraic geometry
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algebraic topology ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
applications of homotopical methods to algebra and geometry
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foundational work in higher algebraic K-theory ⓘ introduction of model categories in homotopy theory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Quillen K-theory
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Quillen model category NERFINISHED ⓘ Quillen–Lichtenbaum conjecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Quillen’s plus construction NERFINISHED ⓘ rational homotopy theory (Quillen approach) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Orange, New Jersey, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Florence, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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