Jacob Lurie

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Jacob Lurie
MacArthur Fellowship (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic geometry
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Institute for Advanced Study
ThesisDerived algebraic geometry (2004)
Doctoral advisorMichael J. Hopkins

Jacob Alexander Lurie (born December 7, 1977) is an American mathematician who is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.[1] In 2014, Lurie received a MacArthur Fellowship.

Life

When he was a student in the Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Magnet Program at

Washington Times.[3]

Lurie earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard College in 2000 and was awarded in the same year the Morgan Prize for his undergraduate thesis on Lie algebras.[4] He earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under supervision of Michael J. Hopkins, in 2004 with a thesis on derived algebraic geometry. In 2007, he became associate professor at MIT, and in 2009 he became professor at Harvard University.[5][6] In 2019, he joined the Institute for Advanced Study as a permanent faculty member in mathematics.[7]

Mathematical work

Lurie's research interests started with logic and the theory of

Infinity categories (in the form of André Joyal
's quasi-categories) are a convenient framework to do homotopy theory in abstract settings. They are the main topic of his book Higher Topos Theory.

Another part of Lurie's work is his article on

Siegel mass formula for function fields
.

Lurie was one of the inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2014, "for his work on the foundations of higher category theory and derived algebraic geometry; for the classification of fully extended topological quantum field theories; and for providing a moduli-theoretic interpretation of elliptic cohomology."[9] Lurie was also awarded a MacArthur "genius grant" Fellowship in 2014.[10][11]

Publications

  • Lurie, Jacob (2009),
    MR 2522659
  • Lurie, Jacob (2017), Higher Algebra
  • Lurie, Jacob (2018), Spectral Algebraic Geometry

References

  1. ^ "Jacob Lurie". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. New York Times
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  3. Washington Times
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  4. S2CID 8543203
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  5. ^ "Jacob Lurie Named Professor of Mathematics at Harvard", Harvard University, December 18, 2008.
  6. ^ Bradt, Steve (December 18, 2008). "Algebra, topology expert Lurie named professor of mathematics". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  7. ^ "Jacob Lurie, Trailblazing Mathematician, Joins Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  8. ^ Conway, John H.; Jackson, Allyn (July 1996). "Budding Mathematician Wins Westinghouse Competition" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "Five Winners Receive Inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics". Breakthrough Prize. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  10. ^ "Jacob Lurie - MacArthur Fellow 2014". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  11. ^ Shay, Kevin James (September 29, 2014). "Blair alum wins prestigious MacArthur fellowship". Retrieved August 30, 2018.

External links

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