Benson Stanley Farb (born October 25, 1967) is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.
Benson Farb | |
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 Farb at Oberwolfach, 2016 | |
| Born | October 25, 1967 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Relatively Hyperbolic And Automatic Groups With Applications To Negatively Curved Manifolds (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Thurston |
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Early life
editA native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Farb earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University.[citation needed] In 1994, he obtained his doctorate from Princeton University, under supervision of William Thurston.[1]
Career
editFarb has advised over 40 students, including Pallavi Dani, Kathryn Mann, Dan Margalit, Karin Melnick and Andrew Putman.[1]
In 2012 Farb became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2] In 2014 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, speaking in the section on Topology.[3] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.[4] In 2024 he was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition.[5]
Books
edit- Benson Farb; Dan Margalit (2012). A Primer on Mapping Class Groups. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14794-9. MR 2850125.[6]
- Farb, Benson; Dennis, R. Keith (1993). Noncommutative Algebra. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4612-0889-1. MR 1233388.
Personal life
editFarb married Amie Wilkinson, professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, on December 28, 1996. They are professors in the same department.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Benson Farb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers". International Mathematical Union. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ "New Members Elected in 2021". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Leroy P. Steele Prize 2024
- ^ Reviews of A Primer on Mapping Class Groups
- Taylor, Scott A. "A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (review)". www.maa.org. Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Bestvina, Mladen (May 27, 2014). "Book Review: A primer on mapping class groups". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 51 (4). American Mathematical Society (AMS): 691–700. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-2014-01454-5. ISSN 0273-0979.
- Calegari, Danny (2014). "Review". SIAM Review. 56 (3). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: 554–557. JSTOR 24248481.
- ^ "Amie Wilkinson, Benson S. Farb". New York Times. December 29, 1996. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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