Robert Griess
Robert Griess
Robert Louis Griess, Jr. (born 1945, Savannah, Georgia) is a mathematician working on finite simple groups and vertex algebras. Currently, Griess is a professor of mathematics at University of Michigan.
He constructed the monster group using the Griess algebra.
He received the AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research in 2010. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[1]
See also
Selected publications
- R. L. Griess, Jr, The Friendly Giant, Inventiones Mathematicae 69 (1982), 1–102
References
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.
External links
- Robert Griess at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Homepage at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan
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