Morris Hirsch | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
June 28, 1933
Nationality | American |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Doctoral advisor |
Edwin Spanier Stephen Smale |
Doctoral students |
Duane Cooper William Goldman David Spring William Thurston |
Morris William Hirsch (born June 28, 1933) is an American mathematician, formerly at the University of California, Berkeley.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hirsch attained his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1958, under supervision of Edwin Spanier and Stephen Smale. His thesis was entitled Immersions of Manifolds. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.