Morris Hirsch | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
June 28, 1933
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor |
Edwin Spanier Stephen Smale |
Doctoral students |
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.