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Andreas Floer

German mathematician (1956-1991) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 34

Andreas Floer was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to symplectic topology, and mathematical physics, in particular the invention of Floer homology. Floer's first pivotal contribution was a solution to a special case of Arnold's conjecture on fixed points of a symplectomorphism.

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Because of his work on Arnold's conjecture and his development of instanton homology, he achieved wide recognition and was invited as a plenary speaker for the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Kyoto in August 1990. He received a Sloan Fellowship in 1989.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1956 to 1991 · aged 34