Michael J. Hopkins belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Michael J. Hopkins as American mathematician.
Michael J. Hopkins was born at Alexandria in 1958. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Northwestern University and Westside High School.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Princeton University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (2022), Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2014), Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics (2012) and Senior Berwick Prize (2014).
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Michael J. Hopkins is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry — 2022
- Nemmers Prize in Mathematics — 2014
- Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics — 2012
- Senior Berwick Prize — 2014
- Held posts at Princeton University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Fields: mathematics
