William Jaco

William Jaco

William "Bus" H. Jaco (b. July 14, 1940 in Grafton, West Virginia) is the Grace B. Kerr Professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University. He works on 3-manifolds and discovered the JSJ decomposition.

He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1968.

Publications

*William Jaco "Lectures on Three-Manifold Topology" ISBN 0-8218-1693-4
*W. H. Jaco, P. B. Shalen "Seifert Fibered Spaces Three Manifolds: Memoirs Series No. 220 (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; v. 21, no. 220) ISBN 0-8218-2220-9

References

*MathGenealogy|id=677
* [http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jaco/ Home page] of W. Jaco


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jaco — oder Jacó ist der Name folgender geografischer Objekte: Jaco (Osttimor), eine der Kleinen Sundainseln Jacó (Costa Rica), eine Stadt an der costa ricanischen Pazifikküste Jaco ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Charles Jaco (* 1950), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jaco — may refer to: *Jaco (East Timor), island of East Timor *Jacó, Costa Rica, a surfing town in Western Costa RicaJaco parrots: * Jaco, local name for the Domincan endemic Red necked Amazon parrot * Usual name for African Grey Parrot in a number of… …   Wikipedia

  • William Galison — is an American jazz musician, most famous as a harmonica player but also known as a multi instrumentalist, singer and composer. [ [http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/5027/2/ Jazz Police] ] Early life and rise to fameGalison was born and… …   Wikipedia

  • William Galison — Datos generales Nacimiento 19 de febrero de 1958, Nueva York …   Wikipedia Español

  • William Kopecky — Infobox Musical artist Name = William Kopecky Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Alias = Bill Kopecky Born = birth date and age|1969|11|17 Died = Origin = Racine, Wisconsin, USA Instrument = Bass …   Wikipedia

  • Wasalu Muhammad Jaco — Lupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco Concert à l Université Northwestern à Evanston …   Wikipédia en Français

  • JSJ decomposition — In mathematics, the JSJ decomposition, also known as the toral decomposition, is a topological construct given by the following theorem: Irreducible orientable closed (i.e., compact and without boundary) 3 manifolds have a unique (up to isotopy)… …   Wikipedia

  • Fibré de Seifert — En topologie, un fibré de Seifert est une variété de dimension 3 munie d une « bonne » partition en cercles. Plus précisément, c est un fibré en cercles sur un orbifold de dimension 2. Ces variétés ont été introduites par Herbert… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Haken manifold — In mathematics, a Haken manifold is a compact, P² irreducible 3 manifold that contains a two sided incompressible surface. Sometimes one considers only orientable Haken manifolds, in which case a Haken manifold is a compact, orientable,… …   Wikipedia

  • JSJ-Zerlegung — Die Jaco Shalen Johannson Zerlegung, abgekürzt JSJ Zerlegung, benannt nach William Jaco, Peter Shalen und Klaus Johannson, ist eine Aussage aus der Topologie der 3 Mannigfaltigkeiten. Aussage Sie besagt, dass jede 3 dimensionale Mannigfaltigkeit… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”