Helmut Hofer

This article is about the mathematician. For the zoologist, see Helmut Otto Hofer.
Helmut Hofer
Hofer at Oberwolfach in 2015
Born(1956-02-28)February 28, 1956
NationalityGermany
United States
Alma materUniversität Zürich
Known forSymplectic capacities
Hofer geometry
Symplectic homology
Finite energy foliations
Symplectic field theory
Polyfold theory
AwardsOstrowski Prize (1999)
Heinz Hopf Prize (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Thesis A Variational Approach to a Class of Resonance Problems with Application to a Wave Equation Problem  (1981)
Doctoral advisorPeter Hess

Helmut Hermann W. Hofer (born February 28, 1956)[1] is a German-American mathematician, one of the founders of the area of symplectic topology.[2]

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[3] and the recipient of the 1999 Ostrowski Prize[4] and the 2013 Heinz Hopf Prize. Since 2009, he is a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[2] He currently works on symplectic geometry, dynamical systems, and partial differential equations. His contributions to the field include Hofer geometry. Hofer was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.[5]

He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 1990 in Kyoto[6] and a plenary speaker at the ICM in 1998 in Berlin.[7]

He is currently an editor of Annals of Mathematics.[8]

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Helmut Hofer" (PDF). Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  2. ^ a b "IAS press release". IAS. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "2 NYU faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences". NYU.
  4. ^ "Beilinson and Hofer share Ostrowski Prize" (PDF). Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (8): 885. 2000. MR 1776106.
  5. ^ "New Members". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Hofer, Helmut (1991). "Symplectic invariants". Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (1990, Kyoto). Vol. 1. pp. 521–528.
  7. ^ Hofer, Helmut H. W. (1998). "Dynamics, topology, and holomorphic curves". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. I. pp. 255–280.
  8. ^ "Editorial Board | Annals of Mathematics". Retrieved March 25, 2024.