Edward Bierstone FRSC (born (1946-12-21)December 21, 1946) is a Canadian mathematician at the University of Toronto who specializes in singularity theory, analytic geometry, and differential analysis.

Edward Bierstone
Born
(1946-12-21) December 21, 1946 (age 77)
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materBrandeis University
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1992, Jeffery–Williams Prize 2005, Fellow of American Mathematical Society, 2012
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto, Fields Institute
Doctoral advisorRichard Sheldon Palais

Education and career

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He received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. at Brandeis University in 1972. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the summer of 1973.[1] He served as the Director of the Fields Institute from 2009 to 2013.[2]

Recognition

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Bierstone was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1992 and, together with Pierre Milman, received the Jefferey Williams Prize in 2005. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3] In 2018 the Canadian Mathematical Society listed him in their inaugural class of fellows.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars
  2. ^ Edward Bierstone Appointed Next Director of Fields Institute, June 24, 2008
  3. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10.
  4. ^ Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows, Canadian Mathematical Society, December 7, 2018
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