Paul Balmer
Swiss mathematician, working in algebra
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Paul Balmer (born 1970) is a Swiss mathematician working in tensor triangular geometry, algebraic geometry, modular representation theory, and homotopy theory. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]
Paul Balmer | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
| Awards | Humboldt Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebra |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Thesis | Groupes de Witt dérivés des schémas (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manuel Ojanguren |
| Website | www |
Balmer received his Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne in 1998, under the supervision of Manuel Ojanguren, with the thesis Groupes de Witt dérivés des Schémas (in French).[2]
His research centers around triangulated categories. More specifically, he is a proponent of tensor-triangular geometry, an umbrella topic that covers geometric aspects of algebraic geometry, modular representation theory, stable homotopy theory, and other areas, by means of relevant tensor-triangulated categories.
Balmer was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad in 2010, with a talk on Tensor Triangular Geometry.[3] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4] He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 2015.[5]