Phillip Griffiths

American mathematician (1938-) · United States · On the map · Academics

Phillip Augustus Griffiths IV is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry.

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2014Chern MedalAwardSteele Prize for Lifetime AchievementAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2008Brouwer MedalAwardWolf Prize in MathematicsAward1980Honorary Doctorate from University of AngersAward1979Dannie Heineman PrizeAward1971Leroy P. Steele PrizeAward1938Born18 October 1938

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Shiing-Shen Chern Influenced Phillip

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Chern Medal2014

Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement2014

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Brouwer Medal2008

Wolf Prize in Mathematics2008

Honorary Doctorate from University of Angers1980

Dannie Heineman Prize1979

Leroy P. Steele Prize1971

Guggenheim Fellowship

Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit

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He is a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory, which forms part of transcendental algebraic geometry and which also touches upon major and distant areas of differential geometry. He also worked on partial differential equations, coauthored with Shiing-Shen Chern, Robert Bryant and Robert Gardner on exterior differential systems.

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