Ian Agol

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:William_Thurston
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1966-10-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:contribution Low-dimensional topology
Knot theory
Mathematical aspects of string theory
Topological quantum field theory
Hyperbolic 3-manifolds
Hyperbolic geometry
3-manifold theory
Mathematical aspects of the topology of cohomology theory
Mathematical aspects of the topology of stratified spaces
Mathematical aspects of the topology of algebraic varieties
Geometric structures on manifolds
Mapping class groups
Mathematical aspects of 3-manifold invariants
Mathematical aspects of gauge theory
Mathematical aspects of hyperbolic volume
Mathematical aspects of knot invariants
Mathematical aspects of quantum gravity
Mathematical aspects of the topology of knots
Mathematical aspects of the topology of links
Mathematical aspects of the topology of manifolds
Mathematical aspects of the topology of schemes.
Mathematical aspects of the topology of surfaces
Mathematical aspects of the topology of homotopy theory
Mathematical aspects of the topology of homology theory
Mathematical aspects of the topology of simplicial complexes
Mathematical aspects of the topology of fiber bundles
Mathematical aspects of the topology of manifolds with boundary
Mathematical aspects of the topology of manifolds with corners
Geometric_group_theory
Teichmüller_theory
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_Haken_conjecture
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_JSJ_decomposition
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_Poincaré_conjecture
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_Thurston_norm
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_topology_of_CW_complexes
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_Geometrization_conjecture
Mathematical_aspects_of_the_Geometric_topology_of_3-manifolds
gptkbp:fellow gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society
gptkb:Institute_of_Mathematical_Statistics
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ian Agol
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Ian_Agol.jpg/220px-Ian_Agol.jpg
gptkbp:influences gptkb:William_Thurston
gptkb:John_Milnor
gptkbp:knownFor Geometric topology
Agol's_theorem
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:patentDescription The_Immersed_Surface_Problem
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:researchAreas Geometry
Topology
Mathematical physics
gptkbp:researchFocus 3-manifolds
gptkbp:website http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~agol/