Michael Magee (mathematician)

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Michael Magee is a Northern Irish mathematician. He is Professor of Mathematics at Durham University.^[1]

Magee studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge, graduating with first-class honours in 2007, and completed Part III the following year.^[2] He received his PhD in 2014 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was supervised by Alexander Gamburd.^[2] In 2022, Magee, working alongside his doctoral student Will Hide, confirmed the existence of a conjecture about complex surfaces dating back to 1984.^[3]

He was awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society in 2021, and the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2023.^[4]^[5]

Selected publications

Gamburd, Alexander; Magee, Michael; Ronan, Ryan (2019). "An asymptotic formula for integer points on Markoff–Hurwitz varieties". Annals of Mathematics. 190 (3): 751–809. arXiv: 1603.06267 . doi:10.4007/annals.2019.190.3.2.
Magee, Michael; Naud, Frédéric; Puder, Doron (2022). "A random cover of a compact hyperbolic surface has relative spectral gap 3/16 − ε". Geometric and Functional Analysis. 32 (3): 595–661. arXiv: 2003.10911 . doi:10.1007/s00039-022-00602-x.
Hide, Will; Magee, Michael (2023). "Near optimal spectral gaps for hyperbolic surfaces". Annals of Mathematics. 198 (2): 791–824. arXiv: 2107.05292 . doi:10.4007/annals.2023.198.2.6.
Magee, Michael; Puder, Doron (2023). "The asymptotic statistics of random covering surfaces". Forum of Mathematics, Pi. 11: e15. arXiv: 2003.05892 . doi:10.1017/fmp.2023.13.
Louder, Lars; Magee, Michael; Hide, Will (2025). "Strongly convergent unitary representations of limit groups". Journal of Functional Analysis. 288 (6) 110803. arXiv: 2210.08953 . doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2024.110803.

References

↑ "Professor Michael Magee". Durham University. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
1 2 "FULL CV: Michael Magee" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
↑ Sloman, Leila (2 June 2022). "Impossible-Seeming Surfaces Confirmed Decades After Conjecture". Quanta Magazine . Retrieved 22 August 2025.
↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2023". Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "Professor Michael Magee awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for extraordinary mathematical research". Durham University. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

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[1] "Professor Michael Magee". Durham University. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[cv-2] 1 2 "FULL CV: Michael Magee" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[3] Sloman, Leila (2 June 2022). "Impossible-Seeming Surfaces Confirmed Decades After Conjecture". Quanta Magazine . Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[4] "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2023". Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 21 August 2025.

[5] "Professor Michael Magee awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for extraordinary mathematical research". Durham University. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

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