James Lepowsky
Mathematician, Award Winner
1944 –
Who is James Lepowsky?
James Lepowsky is a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Previously he taught at Yale University. He received his Ph.D from M.I.T. in 1970 where his advisor was Bertram Kostant. Lepowsky graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1961, 16 years after Kostant. His current research is in the areas of infinite-dimensional lie algebras and vertex algebras. He has written several books on vertex algebras and related topics. In 1988, in a joint work with Igor Frenkel and Arne Meurman, he constructed the monster vertex algebra. His students include Yi-Zhi Huang and Arne Meurman.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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- Born
- Jul 5, 1944
New York City - Also known as
- James (Jim) Lepowsky
- James Ivan Lepowsky
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stuyvesant High School
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mathematics
( - 1970)
- Lived in
- New York metropolitan area
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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