Carlos Castillo-Chavez is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Carlos Castillo-Chavez as Mexican mathematician.
Carlos Castillo-Chavez was born at Mexico City in 1952. His recorded nationality is Mexico. He studied at University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Cornell University, Arizona State University and Santa Fe Institute.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Mexico matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Carlos Castillo-Chavez is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Held posts at Cornell University, Arizona State University and Santa Fe Institute
