Andreas Floer | |
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 Andreas Floer in 1975 | |
| Born | August 23, 1956 |
| Died | May 15, 1991 (aged 34) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Known for | Floer homology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Ruhr-Universität Bochum University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Eduard Zehnder Ralf Stöcker |
Andreas Floer (German: [ˈfløːɐ]; 23 August 1956 – 15 May 1991) was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to symplectic topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology. Floer's first pivotal contribution was a solution of a special case of Arnold's conjecture on fixed points of a symplectomorphism. Because of his work on Arnold's conjecture and his development of instanton homology, he achieved wide recognition and was invited as a plenary speaker for the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Kyoto in August 1990. He received a Sloan Fellowship in 1989.