Christopher Zeeman
Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician. He was known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Zeeman's main contributions to mathematics were in topology, particularly in knot theory, the piecewise linear category, and dynamical systems.
Professor Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman | |
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 Erik Christopher Zeeman in 1980, courtesy MFO | |
| Born | 4 February 1925 |
| Died | 13 February 2016 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Catastrophe theory Geometric topology Singularity theory |
| Awards | Senior Whitehead Prize (1982) Faraday Medal (1988) David Crighton Medal (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Warwick, England Oxford University, England Gresham College, England |
| Doctoral students | Mark Anthony Armstrong Peter Buneman David Epstein John F. P. Hudson Ray Lickorish Anthony Manning Tim Poston Colin Rourke Jaroslav Stark David Trotman Terry Wall and 18 others |
| Notes | |
Christopher Zeeman Media
Zeeman at the Warwick Mathematics Institute in December 2009
Other websites
- O'Connor, John J; Edmund F. Robertson "Christopher Zeeman". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Interview in CIM Bulletin 2001 Archived 2004-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Three references for further reading Archived 2016-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Bibliography Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Zeeman's Catastrophe Machine
- "The Cusp of Catastrophe: René Thom, Christopher Zeeman and Denis Postle" in Maps of the Mind Charles Hampden-Turner. Collier Books, 1981. ISBN 978-0-85533-293-8
- Mathematics into Pictures Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, Christopher Zeeman's 1978 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures