Michael Spivak

Michael Spivak
Spivak exhibiting his flexibility (1974)
Born(1940-05-25)May 25, 1940
Queens, New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 2020(2020-10-01) (aged 80)
Education
Known for
AwardsLeroy P. Steele Prize for Expository Writing (1985)
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisOn Spaces Satisfying Poincaré Duality (1964)
Doctoral advisorJohn Milnor

Michael David Spivak[1] (May 25, 1940 – October 1, 2020)[2][3] was an American mathematician specializing in differential geometry, an expositor of mathematics, and the founder of Publish-or-Perish Press. Spivak was the author of the five-volume A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry, which won the Leroy P. Steele Prize for expository writing in 1985.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference genealogy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "1985 Steele Prizes Awarded at Summer Meeting in Laramie" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 32 (243): 576. October 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Beeton, Barbara (2021). "Michael D. Spivak, 1940–2020" (PDF). TUGboat. 42 (3): 226–227. doi:10.47397/tb/42-3/tb132beeton-spivak. S2CID 244121636. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

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