Rahul Pandharipande
Encyclopedia
Rahul Pandharipande is a mathematician
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH
), working in algebraic geometry
, especially Gromov-Witten theory
.
His father Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande
was a renowned theoretical physicist who worked in the area of nuclear physics.
He received his A.B. from Princeton University
in 1990, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University
in 1994. His advisor at Harvard was Joe Harris
. After teaching at the University of Chicago
and the California Institute of Technology
, he joined the faculty at Princeton in 2001.
He frequently collaborates with Fields medal
ist Andrei Okounkov
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH
Eth
Eth is a letter used in Old English, Icelandic, Faroese , and Elfdalian. It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. The capital eth resembles a D with a line through the vertical stroke...
), working in algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry. It occupies a central place in modern mathematics and has multiple conceptual connections with such diverse fields as complex...
, especially Gromov-Witten theory
Gromov-Witten invariant
In mathematics, specifically in symplectic topology and algebraic geometry, Gromov–Witten invariants are rational numbers that, in certain situations, count pseudoholomorphic curves meeting prescribed conditions in a given symplectic manifold...
.
His father Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande
Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande
Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande was an Indian-American physicist, who played a leading role in the development of the nuclear many-body problem....
was a renowned theoretical physicist who worked in the area of nuclear physics.
He received his A.B. from Princeton University
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....
in 1990, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1994. His advisor at Harvard was Joe Harris
Joseph Daniel Harris
Joseph Daniel Harris , known nearly universally as Joe Harris, is a mathematician at Harvard University working in the field of algebraic geometry. He attended college at and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1978 under Phillip Griffiths....
. After teaching at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
, he joined the faculty at Princeton in 2001.
He frequently collaborates with Fields medal
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
ist Andrei Okounkov
Andrei Okounkov
Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov is a Russian mathematician who works on representation theory and its applications to algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, probability theory and special functions. He is currently a professor at Columbia University....
.