Catastrophe theory Geometric topology Singularity theory Zeeman conjecture Zeeman's comparison theorem Stallings–Zeeman theorem
Awards
Senior Whitehead Prize (1982) Faraday Medal (1988) David Crighton Medal (2006)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
University of Cambridge University of Warwick University of Oxford Gresham College
Thesis
Dihomology (1955)
Doctoral advisor
Shaun Wylie
Doctoral students
Peter Buneman David Epstein Jenny Harrison Ray Lickorish Tim Poston Colin Rourke David Trotman Terry Wall Charlotte Watts
Notes
Fellow of the Royal Society
Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS[1] (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician,[2] known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory.
^Rand, David A. (2022). "Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman. 4 February 1925—13 February 2016". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 73: 521–547. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0012. S2CID 251447255.
^Archer, Megan (25 February 2016). "Obituary: 'Remarkable' maths professor Sir Christopher Zeeman remembered [Sir Christopher Zeeman: Mathematics professor and former college principal]". Oxford Times. p. 86. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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