Gaven Martin

Martin in 2020

Gaven John Martin FRSNZ FASL FAMS (born 8 October 1958)[1] is a New Zealand mathematician.[2][3] He is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Massey University, the head of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study,[4] the former president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society (from 2005 to 2007),[5] and former editor-in-chief of the New Zealand Journal of Mathematics.[6] He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Society of New Zealand [Mathematical, Physical Sciences Engineering and Technology. His research concerns quasiconformal mappings, regularity theory for partial differential equations, and connections between the theory of discrete groups and low-dimensional topology.[3]

  1. ^ Date of birth from Library of Congress authority control data. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ Chisholm, Donna (June 2010), "Star of the west: a former "Westie" who grew up reading comics and hot-wiring cars, Gaven Martin is one of the finest mathematicians New Zealand has produced" (PDF), North & South: 83–87
  3. ^ a b "Gaven Martin" (PDF), Centrefold, Newsletter of the New Zealand Mathematical Society, 82, August 2011.
  4. ^ Curriculum vitae. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ^ Presidents of the NZMS. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ New Zealand Journal of Mathematics home page Archived 24 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 January 2015.