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Ronald J. Stern

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Ronald John Stern (born 20 January 1947) is a mathematician who works on topology, geometry, and gauge theory.[1] He is emeritus professor at the University of California, Irvine.[2]

Stern was the first in his family to receive a college education and earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.[3] He then earned his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of California, Los Angeles under the joint supervision of Robert Duncan Edwards (de) and Robert F. Brown.[4]

Before joining the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 1989, Stern was a professor at the University of Utah and a visiting professor at UCLA and the University of Hawaii.[3]

He was an Invited Speaker at the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians, in Berlin.[5]

He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]

Selected papers

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These are his most cited papers (according to Google Scholar), they are all joint work with Ron Fintushel:[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ronald J. Stern". Faculty.sites.uci.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. ^ "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". Faculty.uci.edu. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. ^ a b Addison, Lisa; Canalis, John (13 June 1998). "UCI Names Dean of Physical Sciences". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Ronald Stern". Genealogy.math.uni-bielefeld.de. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. ^ "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". Mathunion.org. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. ^ "Fellows of the AMS by Institution". Ams.org. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. ^ "Ronald J. Stern - Google Scholar Citations". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
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