John H. Hubbard

John H. Hubbard
Hubbard in 2011
Born (1945-10-06) October 6, 1945 (age 78)
Alma materValley Forge High School Université de Paris-Sud (Dr.E.)
Harvard University (B.S.)
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University (current), Harvard University
Thesis Sur Les Sections Analytiques de La Courbe Universelle de Teichmüller  (1973)
Doctoral advisorAdrien Douady
Doctoral studentsSarah Koch
Websitepi.math.cornell.edu/~hubbard/

John Hamal Hubbard (born October 6 or 7, 1945) is an American mathematician and professor at Cornell University and the Université de Provence. He is known for the mathematical contributions he made with Adrien Douady in the field of complex dynamics, including a study of the Mandelbrot set. One of their most important results is that the Mandelbrot set is connected.