Walter Neumann
British-American mathematician (1946–2024)
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Walter David Neumann (1 January 1946 – 24 September 2024) was a British-American mathematician who worked in topology, geometric group theory, and singularity theory. He was a professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. Neumann obtained his Ph.D. under the joint supervision of Friedrich Hirzebruch and Klaus Jänich at the University of Bonn in 1969.[2]
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Hanna Neumann
Walter D. Neumann | |
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Neumann in 1973 | |
| Born | January 1, 1946 Caerphilly, Wales |
| Died | September 24, 2024 (aged 78) |
| Spouse | Anne Neumann[1] |
| Parent(s) | Bernhard Neumann Hanna Neumann |
| Relatives | Peter M. Neumann |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Thesis | S1-Actions and the Alpha-Invariant of the Involutions Mathematics Subject Classification: 57—Manifolds and cell complexes (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Hirzebruch Klaus Jänich |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Sub-discipline | Geometric group theory |
He was a son of the mathematicians Bernhard Neumann and Hanna Neumann.[2] His brother Peter M. Neumann was also a mathematician.
Walter Neumann was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2002.[3] He was in the Inaugural Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, starting from 2013.[4]