Robert Daverman

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Robert Jay Daverman (born 28 September 1941) is an American topologist.

Daverman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 28 September 1941. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 from Calvin College and pursued doctoral study under R. H. Bing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing his thesis Locally Fenced 2-spheres in S3 in 1967, Daverman began teaching at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. [1] While on the Knoxville faculty, Daverman served on the American Mathematical Society's Committee on Science Policy. [2] By the time he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the AMS in 2012, Daverman had gained emeritus status. [3]

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References

  1. Guilbault, Craig (May 2002). "Robert J. Daverman: a short mathematical tribute" (PDF).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "UA Dean Robert Olin Named Chair of American Mathematical Society Committee". University of Alabama. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. "Four Faculty Members Named American Mathematics Society Fellows". University of Tennessee–Knoxville. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. Cannon, James W. (1988). "Decompositions of Manifolds. By Robert J. Daverman". The American Mathematical Monthly. 95 (5): 471–475. doi:10.1080/00029890.1988.11972035.
  5. Cannon, James W. (2011). "Embeddings in manifolds, by Robert J. Daverman and Gerard A. Venema, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 106, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2009, xviii+468 pp., ISBN 978-0-8218-3697-2, hardcover, US $75.00" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (3): 485–490. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2011-01320-9.