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Richard Borcherds

Mathematician

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Born 1959 · age 67United Kingdom
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Updated 2026-06-20

Richard Ewen Borcherds is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. He is well known for his proof of monstrous moonshine using ideas from string theory.

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