Daniel Quillen

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Daniel Quillen was an American mathematician renowned for revolutionizing algebraic K-theory and for his influential contributions to homotopy theory, earning him the Fields Medal in 1978.

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instanceOf American mathematician
human
mathematician
academicAdvisor Raoul Bott
awardReceived American Mathematical Society Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Cole Prize in Algebra
Cole Prize in Number Theory
Fields Medal
causeOfDeath complications of Alzheimer’s disease
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-06-22
dateOfDeath 2011-04-30
doctoralDegreeYear 1964
doctoralThesisTitle Formal Properties of Over-Determined Systems of Linear Partial Differential Equations
educatedAt Harvard University
Tulane University
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Oxford
École Normale Supérieure
familyName Quillen
linked to: Daniel Quillen
fieldOfWork algebraic K-theory
algebraic topology
category theory
homological algebra
homotopy theory
givenName Daniel
influenced algebraic geometry
algebraic topology
number theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
notableFor applications of homotopical methods to algebra and geometry
foundational work in higher algebraic K-theory
introduction of model categories in homotopy theory
notableWork Quillen K-theory
Quillen model category
Quillen–Lichtenbaum conjecture
Quillen’s plus construction
rational homotopy theory (Quillen approach)
placeOfBirth Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
linked to: Orange, New Jersey
placeOfDeath Florence, Italy
linked to: Florence
positionHeld Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oxford, England

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K-theory developedBy Daniel Quillen
Daniel Quillen familyName Quillen
linked to: Daniel Quillen
Quillen K-theory namedAfter Daniel Quillen
Quillen K-theory introducedBy Daniel Quillen