Thomas Callister Hales
Mathematician, Academic
1958 –
Photo Credit »
8 Views
Who is Thomas Callister Hales?
Thomas Callister Hales is an American mathematician working on the Langlands program. He is known in the area for having worked on the fundamental lemma, and proving a special case of it over the group Sp. Many of his ideas were incorporated into the final proof, due to Ngô Bảo Châu. He is also known for his 1998 computer-aided proof of the Kepler conjecture, a centuries-old problem in discrete geometry which states that the most space-efficient way to pack spheres is in a pyramid shape. Hales also proved the honeycomb conjecture.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Jun 4, 1958
San Antonio - Religion
- Mormonism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Employment
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Michigan
- Lived in
- United States of America
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Thomas Callister Hales." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/thomas_callister_hales>.
Discuss this Thomas Callister Hales biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In