Robert Vaughan Moody
Pure and Applied Mathematics
Co-discovered a new class of infinite dimensional Lie Algebras, which are now called Kac-Moody algebras |
- Birthdate
- November 28, 1941
- Birthplace
- Great Britain
- Residence
- Alberta
- Family Members
- Other Interests
- Black and white photography
- Title
- Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- Office
- Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta
- Status
- Working
- Degrees
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- BA (Mathematics) University of Saskatchewan, 1962
- MA (Mathematics) University of Toronto, 1964
- PhD (Mathematics) University of Toronto, 1966
- Docteur Honoris Causa, Université de Montréal, 2000
- Awards
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- Golden Jubilee Professorship, Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, 2004
- Killam Prize, 2002
- Officer of the Order of Canada, 1999
- CRM/Fields Institute Prize, 1998
- Alberta Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Research,1996
- Kaplan Award for Science, Univeristy of Alberta, 1996
- Eugene Wigner Medal, 1994
- Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1981
- Coxeter-James Lectureship, Canadian Mathematical Society, 1978
- Last Updated
- December 5, 2011
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