Louis H. Kauffman | |
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 Kauffman in 2014 | |
| Born | February 3, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Kauffman polynomial |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Thesis | Cyclic Branched-Covers, O(n)-Actions and Hypersurface Singularities (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Browder |
Louis Hirsch Kauffman (born February 3, 1945) is an American mathematician, mathematical physicist, and professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He does research in topology, knot theory, topological quantum field theory, quantum information theory, and diagrammatic and categorical mathematics. He is best known for the introduction and development of the bracket polynomial and the Kauffman polynomial.