Person
Hjorth, Gregory John (Greg) (1963 - 2011)
- Born
- 14 June 1963
- Died
- 13 January 2011
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Educator and Mathematician
Summary
Greg Hjorth was an internationally recognised mathematician, specialising in the field of set theory. Hjorth was 30 years old when his PhD thesis, completed in at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the Sacks Prize for the world's best mathematical logic thesis. One of the significant outcomes of his original work is what is now known as Hjorth's theory of turbulence. Hjorth held professorial positions at both Melbourne University and University of California Los Angeles.
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Chronology
- 1988
- Education - Honours in Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- 1993
- Award - Inaugural Sacks award for best mathematical logic thesis
- 1993
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
- 2003
- Award - Karp Prize of the Association of Symbolic Logic
- 2010
- Award - Invited to present at the Tarski Lectures, University of California, Berkeley
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Rundle, G., 'Australia loses a world-class maths wizard and chess champion', The Age (2011), 10, https://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-loses-a-world-class-maths-wizard-and-chess-champ-20110207-1ak6a.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1545347. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/46940687. Details
- 'Hjorth, Gregory John (19630614-20110113)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514393. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 31 August 2012, Last modified: 11 April 2016