Paul Balmer (born 1970) is a Swiss mathematician, working in algebra. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]
Paul Balmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
| Awards | Humboldt Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebra |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Thesis | Groupes de Witt dérivés des schémas (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manuel Ojanguren |
| Website | www |
Balmer received his Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne in 1998, under the supervision of Manuel Ojanguren, with a thesis entitled Groupes de Witt dérivés des Schémas (in French).[2]
His research centers around triangulated categories. More specifically, he is a proponent of tensor-triangular geometry, an umbrella topic which covers geometric aspects of algebraic geometry, modular representation theory, stable homotopy theory, and other areas, by means of relevant tensor-triangulated categories.
Balmer was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad in 2010, with a talk on Tensor Triangular Geometry.[3] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4] He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 2015.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Home page".
- ^ Paul Balmer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Balmer, Paul (2010). "Tensor triangular geometry". Proceedings of International Congress of Mathematicians, Vol. II (PDF). pp. 85–112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society".
- ^ "Humboldt Research Award".