Fields Institute

Fields Institute

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name = Fields Institute at the University of Toronto
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established = at University of Waterloo Now at University of Toronto.
type = research institute at a Public university
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city = Toronto
state = Ontario
country = Canada
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publictransit = Spadina Station, St George Station, Museum Station, Queen's Park Station, 510 Spadina Streetcars, 506 Carlton Streetcars, 94 Wellesley
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website = [http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/ fields.utoronto.ca]

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences is located on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, although the institute's first home was at the University of Waterloo, where it was founded in 1992. It is named in honour of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, who is best known for instituting the Fields Medal and for recognizing the scientific, educational, and economic value of research in the mathematical sciences.

ponsors

The sponsoring universities of the Fields Institute are: Carleton University, McMaster University, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, the University of Western Ontario, and York University.

Affiliates

The affiliate universities of the Fields Institute are: Nipissing University, Queen's University, the Royal Military College of Canada, the University of Guelph, the University of Houston, the University of Manitoba, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Windsor, Trent University, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

External links

* [http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus/jcfields/ Fields Institute Biography]
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* [http://www.utoronto.ca/ Official University of Toronto website]
* [http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/ The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences]

ee also

*John Charles Fields
*Mathematics

References


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