Ronald John Stern (born 20 January 1947) is a mathematician who works on
topology,
geometry, and
gauge theory
In physics, a gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian (and hence the dynamics of the system itself) does not change (is invariant) under local transformations according to certain smooth families of operations (Lie groups) ...
. He is emeritus professor at the
University of California, Irvine.
Stern was the first in his family to receive a college education and earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from
Knox College in
Galesburg, Illinois.
He then earned his Ph.D. in 1973 from the
University of California, Los Angeles under the joint supervision of
Robert Duncan Edwards ( de) and Robert F. Brown.
Before joining the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 1989, Stern was a professor at the
University of Utah and a visiting professor at UCLA and the
University of Hawaii.
He was an Invited Speaker at the 1998
International Congress of Mathematicians
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...
, in
Berlin.
He is a Fellow of the
American Mathematical Society.
Selected papers
These are his most cited papers (according to
Google Scholar), they are all joint work with
Ron Fintushel
Ronald Alan Fintushel (born 1945) is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional geometric topology (specifically of 4- manifolds) and the mathematics of gauge theory.
Education and career
Fintushel studied mathematics at Columbia ...
:
*"Knots, links, and 4-manifolds", ''
Inventiones mathematicae
''Inventiones Mathematicae'' is a mathematical journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media. It was established in 1966 and is regarded as one of the most prestigious mathematics journals in the world. The current managing editors ...
'' 134 (2), pp. 363–400 (1998)
*"Rational blowdowns of smooth 4-manifolds", ''
Journal of Differential Geometry'' 46 (2), pp. 181–235 (1997)
*"Instanton homology of Seifert fibred homology three spheres", ''
Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society'' 61 (3), pp. 109–137 (1990)
*"Immersed spheres in 4-manifolds and the immersed Thom conjecture", ''
Turkish Journal of Mathematics
'' Turkish Journal of Mathematics'' is open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal published electronically and bimonthly by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK). The goal of the journal is to improve the research ...
'' 19 (2), pp. 145–157 (1995)
*"Pseudofree orbifolds", ''
Annals of Mathematics'', pp. 335–364 (1985)
*"Constructing lens spaces by surgery on knots", ''
Mathematische Zeitschrift'' 175 (1), pp. 33–51 (1980)
*"The blowup formula for Donaldson invariants", ''
Annals of Mathematics'' 143 (3), pp. 529–546 (1996)
See also
*
Fintushel–Stern knot
References
External links
* (publications with online links)
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1947 births
Living people
American mathematicians
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of California, Irvine faculty
Topologists
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
University of Utah faculty
Knox College (Illinois) alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)