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Curtis McMullen is an American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998 for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry and Teichmüller.

  • American mathematician and Fields medallist.
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  • Professor Curtis Tracy McMullen, BA (Williams), PhD (Harvard), Hon DSc (Williams), Honorary Fellow, Cabot Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University.
  • Curtis Tracy McMullen (born 21 May 1958) is Professor of Mathematics at McMullen graduated as valedictorian in 1980 from Williams College and obtained his Ph.

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    21 May 1958
    Berkeley, California, USA
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    Curtis McMullen is an American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998 for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry and Teichmüller theory.

    Biography

    Curtis McMullen (known as Curt) moved around the United States a bit as he was growing up, but he basically grew up in Charlotte, Vermont.

    He first attended Windermere Elementary School in Upper Arlington, near Columbus, Ohio, then Charlotte Central School in Charlotte, Vermont, before studying at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont, only about 12 km from Charlotte.

    He entered Williams College, Williamstown, Western Massachusetts, in 1976. He said that during his undergraduate years at Williams College [6]:-

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    Curtis Tracy McMullen (born May 21, 1958) is an American mathematician who is the Cabot Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University.

    I went to Stanford for a year and took a great real analysis course from Benjamin Weiss who was a visiting professor from Jerusalem. And that really got me excited about analysis. Then I went back to Wi