John Willard MILNOR

born February 20, 1931, Orange, New Jersey
Princeton University

Proved that a 7-dimensional sphere can have several differential structures; this led to the creation of the field of differential topology.

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Albers, Donald J.; Alexanderson, G. L.; Reid, Constance:
International mathematical congresses. An illustrated history 1893 - 1986
Rev. ed. including ICM 1986. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986

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