Richard Borcherds
British-American mathematician · United Kingdom · Academics · Born 1959 · age 66
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Something wrong?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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2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward1998Fields medalAward1992Whitehead PrizeAward1959Born29 November 1959
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Born 1959 · age 66
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