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American mathematician (1892-1977)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1892 to 1977 · aged 85
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Harold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory.

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1964National Medal of Science
1953honorary doctor of the University of Rennes
1952Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1952Knight of the Legion of Honour
1946doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
1933Bôcher Memorial Prize
1919Croix de guerre 1914-1918

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Harold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory. The Morse-Palais lemma, one of the key results in Morse theory, is named after him, as is the Thue-Morse sequence, an infinite binary sequence with many applications.

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Lived 1892 to 1977 · aged 85
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