Benson Farb
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Benson Farb | |
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 Farb at Oberwolfach, 2016 | |
| Born | October 25, 1967 |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Relatively Hyperbolic And Automatic Groups With Applications To Negatively Curved Manifolds (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Thurston |
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Benson Stanley Farb (born October 25, 1967) is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.
A native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Farb earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University.[citation needed] In 1994, he obtained his doctorate from Princeton University, under the supervision of William Thurston.[1]
Career
Farb has advised over 40 students, including Pallavi Dani, Kathryn Mann, Dan Margalit, Karin Melnick and Andrew Putman.[1]
In 2012, Farb became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2] In 2014, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, speaking in the section on Topology.[3] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.[4] In 2024, he was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition.[5]
Books
- Benson Farb; Dan Margalit (2012). A Primer on Mapping Class Groups. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14794-9. MR 2850125.[6]
- Farb, Benson; Dennis, R. Keith (1993). Noncommutative Algebra. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4612-0889-1. MR 1233388.
