Howard Alan Masur | |
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 Howard Masur in Oberwolfach, 2014 | |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | University of Minnesota |
| Awards | Fellow of Amer. Math. Soc. |
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| Fields | topology, geometry, and combinatorial group theory |
| Thesis | The Curvature of Teichmuller Space (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Albert Marden |
| Doctoral students | Jing Tao |
Howard Alan Masur is an American mathematician who works on topology, geometry, and combinatorial group theory. [1] [2]
Masur was an invited speaker at the 1994 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich. [3] and is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [4]
Along with Yair Minsky, Masur is one of the pioneers of the study of curve complex geometry. [5] He also contributed to the understanding of the convergence of geodesic rays in Teichmüller theory. [6]
Masur was a Ph.D. student of Albert Marden at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. [7]
The Hubbard–Masur theorem is named after Masur and John H. Hubbard. [8] In 2009, a conference of mathematicians honored Masur's 60th birthday in France. [9]
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