John Charles Fields

Canadian mathematician (1863–1932)

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Born: 1863
Died: 1932
Works: 7

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Proceedings of the International Mathematical Congress held in Toronto, August 11-16, 1924
Theory of the algebraic functions of a complex variable
Universities, research and brain waste
Symbolic finite solutions and solutions by definite integrals of the equation ...

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1930-09-23
Active to: 2004-06-10

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5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,187x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,528x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,528x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,190x

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Born: ( 1863-05-14 ) May 14, 1863, Hamilton , Canada West
Died: August 9, 1932 (1932-08-09) (aged 69), Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Resting place: Hamilton Cemetery
Alma mater: University of Toronto , Johns Hopkins University
Known for: Fields Medal , Fields Institute
Fields: Mathematics
Thesis: Symbolic Finite Solutions and Solutions by Definite Integrals of the Equation d y/dx = x y (1886)
Doctoral students: Samuel Beatty

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date of birth: 1863-05-14
date of death: 1932-08-09
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John Charles Fields, FRS, FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

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