John Milnor
Profile
John Milnor (John Willard Milnor): born 1931; USA; Institute for Advanced Study (Professor and Director Emeritus, School of Mathematics); Stony Brook University (historical).
Roles: Differential topology (exotic spheres), algebraic K-theory, Milnor K-groups, dynamical systems; Fields Medal 1962; Abel Prize 2011.
Related theorems
- Milnor spheres
- Exotic spheres
- Motivic cohomology with Z/2 coefficients (Milnor conjecture)
- Milnor: exotic differential structures on the 7-sphere
- Exotic spheres and Milnor K-theory