Jonathan M. Borwein
Pure and Applied Mathematics
Internationally renowned mathematician who, with his brother Peter, calculated the value of pi to a new world record. |
- Birthdate
- May 20, 1951
- Birthplace
- St. Andrews, Scotland
- Residence
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Family Members
- Father: Dr. David Borwein (Professor Emeritus, UWO)
- Dr. Bessie Borwein (Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine, UWO)
- Brother: Professor Peter Borwein (SFU)
- Title
- Canada Research Chair
- Office
- Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax
- Status
- Working
- Degrees
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- BA University of Western Ontario, 1971
- MSc Oxford University, 1972
- DPhil (mathematics) Oxford, 1971
- Awards
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- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1994
- Academic of the Year Award (BC Confederation of University Faculty Associations) shared with P. Borwein, 1996
- Doctorat Honoris Causa (University of Limoges), 1999
- Mentor
Father, David Borwein: what it means to have a passion for one's work as well as a pride in workmanship. M. A. H. Dempster, Doctoral supervisor, how to have broad interests beyond mathematics.
- Last Updated
- December 5, 2011
- Popularity
