David B. A. Epstein

David B. A. Epstein
Not to be confused with David Eppstein.
David Epstein at the Warwick Mathematics Institute in December 2009.

David Bernard Alper Epstein FRS (b. 1937[1]) is a mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, 3-manifolds, and group theory, amongst other fields. He co-founded (with E.C. Zeeman) the University of Warwick mathematics department and is founding editor of the journal Experimental Mathematics.

Epstein was awarded the Senior Berwick Prize by the London Mathematical Society in 1988.[2] In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[2][3]

Selected publications

  • D.B.A. Epstein, Projective planes in 3-manifolds. Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 11 1961 469–484.
  • D.B.A. Epstein and R.L.E. Schwarzenberger, Imbeddings of real projective spaces. Ann. of Math. (2) 76 1962 180–184.
  • D.B.A. Epstein, Steenrod operations in homological algebra. Invent. Math. 1 1966 152–208.
  • D.B.A. Epstein, Periodic flows on three-manifolds. Ann. of Math. (2) 95 1972 66–82.
  • D.B.A. Epstein and E. Vogt, A counterexample to the periodic orbit conjecture in codimension 3. Ann. of Math. (2) 108 (1978), no. 3, 539–552.
  • D.B.A. Epstein and A. Marden, Convex hulls in hyperbolic space, a theorem of Sullivan, and measured pleated surfaces. Analytical and geometric aspects of hyperbolic space (Coventry/Durham, 1984), 113–253, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., 111, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1987.
  • D.B. A. Epstein P.C. Penner, Euclidean decompositions of noncompact hyperbolic manifolds. J. Differential Geom. 27 (1988), no. 1, 67–80.
  • Epstein, David B. A.; Cannon, James W.; Holt, Derek F.; Levy, Silvio V. F.; Paterson, Michael S.; Thurston, William P. Word processing in groups. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, MA, 1992. xii+330 pp. ISBN 0-86720-244-0

Notes

  1. ^ Rivin, Igor; Rourke, Colin; Series, Caroline (September 1998). The Epstein Birthday Schrift. Geometry & Topology Monographs. 1. Geometry & Topology Publications. doi:10.2140/gtm.1998.1.  (60th birthday tribute to Epstein's mathematical achievements)
  2. ^ a b Professor David Epstein – Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society. Warwick News and Events, University of Warwick, 18 June 2004
  3. ^ Directory of Fellows and Foreign Members. Royal Society. Accessed 10 August 2008.

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