Dominic Joyce
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Dominic D. Joyce is a British
mathematician
, currently a professor
at the University of Oxford
and a fellow of Lincoln College
since 1995. His undergraduate and doctoral studies were at Merton College
. He undertook a DPhil in geometry
under the supervision of Simon Donaldson
, completed in 1992. After this he held short-term research posts at Christ Church, Oxford
, as well as Princeton
and UC Berkeley in the United States
.
Joyce is known for his construction of the first known explicit examples of compact Joyce manifolds (i.e., manifold
s with G2 holonomy
). He has received the London Mathematical Society
Junior Whitehead
Prize and the European Mathematical Society
Young Mathematicians Prize.
United Kingdom
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mathematician
Mathematician
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, currently a professor
Professor
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at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and a fellow of Lincoln College
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
since 1995. His undergraduate and doctoral studies were at Merton College
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
. He undertook a DPhil in geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
under the supervision of Simon Donaldson
Simon Donaldson
Simon Kirwan Donaldson FRS , is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth four-dimensional manifolds. He is now Royal Society research professor in Pure Mathematics and President of the Institute for Mathematical Science at Imperial College London...
, completed in 1992. After this he held short-term research posts at Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
, as well as Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and UC Berkeley in the United States
United States
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.
Joyce is known for his construction of the first known explicit examples of compact Joyce manifolds (i.e., manifold
Manifold
In mathematics , a manifold is a topological space that on a small enough scale resembles the Euclidean space of a specific dimension, called the dimension of the manifold....
s with G2 holonomy
Holonomy
In differential geometry, the holonomy of a connection on a smooth manifold is a general geometrical consequence of the curvature of the connection measuring the extent to which parallel transport around closed loops fails to preserve the geometrical data being transported. For flat connections,...
). He has received the London Mathematical Society
London Mathematical Society
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Junior Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS was an English mathematician who became a philosopher. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education...
Prize and the European Mathematical Society
European Mathematical Society
The European Mathematical Society is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians...
Young Mathematicians Prize.