Richard Palais

Richard Palais
Richard Palais (right) and Chuu-Lian Terng (left) at Oberwolfach, 2010
Born (1931-05-22) May 22, 1931 (age 93)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Known forMostow–Palais theorem
Lie–Palais theorem
Morse–Palais lemma
Palais–Smale compactness condition
SpouseChuu-Lian Terng
AwardsSloan Research Fellowship (1965)
Lester R. Ford Award (2010)
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrandeis University
University of California, Irvine
Thesis A Global Formulation of the Lie Theory of Transformation Groups  (1956)
Doctoral advisorAndrew Gleason
George Mackey
Doctoral studentsEdward Bierstone
Leslie Lamport
Jill P. Mesirov
Chuu-lian Terng
Karen Uhlenbeck

Richard Sheldon Palais (born May 22, 1931) is an American mathematician working in differential geometry.