H. Blaine Lawson
Herbert Blaine Lawson, Jr. is a mathematician best known for his work in minimal surfaces, calibrated geometry, and algebraic cycles. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Stony Brook University. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1969 for work carried out under the supervision of Robert Osserman.
H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. | |
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H. Blaine Lawson in Berkeley, 1972 | |
| Born | January 4, 1942 Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Known for | Calibrated geometry Lawson's Klein bottle Hsiang–Lawson's conjecture |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic cycles Calibrated geometry Minimal surfaces |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Osserman |
| Doctoral students | Michael T. Anderson William Meeks, III Doris Fischer-Colbrie |
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