Morris William Hirsch (born June 28, 1933) is an American mathematician, formerly at the University of California, Berkeley.
Morris Hirsch | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisors | Edwin Spanier Stephen Smale |
Doctoral students |
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hirsch attained his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1958, under supervision of Edwin Spanier and Stephen Smale.[1] His thesis was entitled Immersions of Manifolds. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
Hirsch had 23 doctoral students, including William Thurston, William Goldman, and Mary Lou Zeeman.