Robert Wolfe Brooks | |
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| Born | September 16, 1952 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Died | September 5, 2002 (aged 49) Montreal, Canada |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Spectral geometry, Riemann surfaces, circle packings, differential geometry |
| Awards | Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Guastella Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, University of Southern California, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Raoul Bott |
Robert Wolfe Brooks (Washington, D.C., September 16, 1952 – Montreal, September 5, 2002) was a mathematician known for his work in spectral geometry, Riemann surfaces, circle packings, and differential geometry.
He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977; his thesis, The smooth cohomology of groups of diffeomorphisms, was written under the supervision of Raoul Bott. He worked at the University of Maryland (1979–1984), then at the University of Southern California, and then, from 1995, at the Technion in Haifa.[1]
- ^ Buser, Peter (2005). "On the mathematical work of Robert Brooks". Geometry, spectral theory, groups, and dynamics. Contemp. Math. Vol. 387. Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc. pp. 1–35. ISBN 9780821885642. MR 2179784.