John H. Hubbard

John Hamal Hubbard was born on October 6 or 7, 1945 (the actual date is unknown). He is an American mathematician who is currently a professor at Cornell University and the Université de Provence. He is well known for the mathematical contributions he made with Adrien Douady in the field of complex dynamics, including a study of the Mandelbrot set. One of their most important results is that the Mandelbrot set is connected.

Hubbard graduated with a Doctorat d'Etat from Université de Paris-Sud in 1973 under the direction of Adrien Douady; his thesis was entitled "Sur Les Sections Analytiques de La Courbe Universelle de Teichmüller" and was published by the American Mathematical Society. Hubbard has a variety of mathematical interests ranging from complex analysis to differential geometry. He has written many influential papers on complex dynamics, [cite journal|last = Douady|first = Adrien|coauthors = Hubbard, John Hamal|title = On the dynamics of polynomial-like mappings|journal = Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. 4|volume = 18|issue = 2|date = 1985|pages = 287–343|url = http://www.numdam.org/numdam-bin/search?h=nc&ma=67319&id=ASENS_1985_4_18_2_287_0&format=complete|accessdate = 2007-03-11] [cite journal|last = Hubbard|first = John H|coauthors = Oberste-Vorth, Ralph W.|title = Hénon mappings in the complex domain I : the global topology of dynamical space|journal = Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS|volume = 79|pages = 5–46|date = 1994|url = http://www.numdam.org/numdam-bin/item?h=nc&id=PMIHES_1994__79__5_0|accessdate = 2007-03-11] [ [http://arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/9401224 Henon mappings in the complex domain II: projective and inductive limits of polynomials] (1994) by John H. Hubbard and Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth.] and he has written several books. He has just completed another: the first volume of a series devoted to Teichmüller theory and applications to four revolutionary theorems of William Thurston.

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