Robert Connelly
Robert Connelly | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Cornell University (current), |
| Thesis | Unknotting Close Embeddings of Polyhedra in Codimension Greater Than Three (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | James Milton Kister |
| Website | pi |
Robert Connelly (born July 15, 1942) is a mathematician specializing in
rigidity theory. Connelly received his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 1969. He is currently a professor at Cornell University.[1][2]
Connelly is best known for discovering embedded
carpenter's rule problem. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]
Asteroid
M.P.C. 19698).[4]
Author
Connelly has authored or co-authored several articles on mathematics, including Conjectures and open questions in rigidity; A flexible sphere; and A counterexample to the rigidity conjecture for polyhedra.[5]
References
- ^ a b "4816 Connelly (1981 PK)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Robert Connelly at Cornell University". Cornell University – Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ISBN 978-1498738927.
External links
- Personal home page
- Robert Connelly at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Cornell Mathematics Department web page (with a picture)
- Why Things Don't Fall Down – A Lecture About Tensegrity by Robert Connelly
- Mathematical Treasures of the Smithsonian Institution – Allyn Jackson, AMS Notices, vol. 46, no. 5 (May 1999), 528–534.