Laurent C. Siebenmann
Laurent Carl Siebenmann (the first name is sometimes spelled Laurence or Larry) (born 1939) is a Canadian mathematician based at the Université de Paris-Sud at Orsay, France.
Laurent C. Siebenmann | |
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Laurent Siebenmann at the IHÉS, 2007 | |
| Born | 1939 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Princeton University |
| Awards | Jeffery–Williams Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Paris-Sud |
| Doctoral advisor | John Milnor |
| Doctoral students | |
After working for several years as a Professor at Orsay he became a Directeur de Recherches at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in 1976. He is a topologist who works on manifolds and who co-discovered the Kirby–Siebenmann class.
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