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Sylvain Cappell

American mathematician and academic · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 80

Sylvain Edward Cappell is a Belgian American mathematician specializing in topology. He is a former student of William Browder at Princeton University and has spent most of his career at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, where he is now a Silver Professor of Mathematics.

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Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Guggenheim Fellowship1989

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80