Marc Rieffel

Marc Rieffel
Born
Marc Rieffel

(1937-12-22) December 22, 1937 (age 86)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Known forNoncommutative torus
Scientific career
FieldsC*-algebras
Quantum group theory
Noncommutative geometry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorRichard Kadison
Doctoral studentsPhilip Green
Jonathan Rosenberg

Marc Aristide Rieffel is a mathematician noted for his fundamental contributions to C*-algebra[1] and quantum group theory.[2] He is currently a professor in the department of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2012, he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[3]

  1. ^ G Cortinas (2008) K-theory and Noncommutative Geometry, European Mathematical Society.
  2. ^ Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (2014) vol 10; Special Issue on Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Groups in honor of Marc A. Rieffel.
  3. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2014-03-17.