Christopher Zeeman

Sir
Christopher Zeeman
Zeeman in 1980
Born
Erik Christopher Zeeman

(1925-02-04)4 February 1925
Japan
Died13 February 2016(2016-02-13) (aged 91)
Woodstock, England
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Known forCatastrophe theory
Geometric topology
Singularity theory
Zeeman conjecture
Zeeman's comparison theorem
Stallings–Zeeman theorem
AwardsSenior Whitehead Prize (1982)
Faraday Medal (1988)
David Crighton Medal (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Warwick
University of Oxford
Gresham College
Thesis Dihomology  (1955)
Doctoral advisorShaun Wylie
Doctoral studentsPeter Buneman
David Epstein
Jenny Harrison
Ray Lickorish
Tim Poston
Colin Rourke
David Trotman
Terry Wall
Charlotte Watts
Notes

Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS[1] (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician,[2] known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory.

  1. ^ Rand, David A. (2022). "Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman. 4 February 1925—13 February 2016". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 73: 521–547. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0012. S2CID 251447255.
  2. ^ Archer, Megan (25 February 2016). "Obituary: 'Remarkable' maths professor Sir Christopher Zeeman remembered [Sir Christopher Zeeman: Mathematics professor and former college principal]". Oxford Times. p. 86. Retrieved 8 March 2016.