Mike Hill (mathematician)
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Michael A. Hill | |
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 The mathematician Michael A. "Mike" Hill at Oberwolfach in 2014 | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Kervaire invariant problem |
| Awards | Veblen Prize (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota University of California, Los Angeles University of Virginia |
| Doctoral advisors | Michael J. Hopkins |
| Website | https://mikehill.math.umn.edu/ |
Michael Anthony "Mike" Hill is an American mathematician known for his research in topology. He is a professor at the University of Minnesota. Together with Michael J. Hopkins and Douglas Ravenel, he received the American Mathematical Society's Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry in 2022 for the paper "On the nonexistence of elements of Kervaire invariant one."[1]
Hill's undergraduate degree is from Harvard University.[2] He earned a PhD in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. His doctoral advisor was Michael J. Hopkins. His dissertation, in algebraic topology, was titled "Computational Methods for Higher Real K-Theory with Applications to Tmf."[3]
