John R. Stallings
Mathematician, Academic
1935 – 2008
Who was John R. Stallings?
John Robert Stallings Jr. was a mathematician known for his seminal contributions to geometric group theory and 3-manifold topology. Stallings was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley where he had been a faculty member since 1967. He published over 50 papers, predominantly in the areas of geometric group theory and the topology of 3-manifolds. Stallings' most important contributions include a proof, in a 1960 paper, of the Poincaré Conjecture in dimensions greater than six and a proof, in a 1971 paper, of the Stallings theorem about ends of groups.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1935
Morrilton - Also known as
- John Stallings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Arkansas
- Died
- Nov 24, 2008
Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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