Isadore Manuel Singer
| Isadore Singer | |
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Isadore Singer, 1977
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| Born |
May 3, 1924 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan University of Chicago |
| Known for | Atiyah–Singer index theorem |
| Awards |
Bôcher Memorial Prize (1969) National Medal of Science (1983) Wigner Medal (1988) Steele Prize (2000) Abel Prize (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Irving Segal |
| Doctoral students |
Richard L. Bishop Dan Freed John Lott Linda Rothschild Frank W. Warner Andrew Browder Hugo Rossi |
Isadore Manuel Singer (born May 3, 1924) is an American mathematician. He is an Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is noted for his work with Michael Atiyah proving the Atiyah–Singer index theorem in 1962, which paved the way for new interactions between pure mathematics and theoretical physics.
Singer was born in Detroit, Michigan, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1944. After obtaining his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1948 and 1950 respectively, he taught at UCLA and MIT, where he has spent the majority of his career.
He was chair of the Committee of Science & Public Policy of the United States National Academy of Sciences, a member of the White House Science Council (1982–88), and on the Governing Board of the United States National Research Council (1995–99).
Singer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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