J. Peter May

J. Peter May
J. Peter May
Born	September 16, 1939 (age 84); New York
Alma mater	Swarthmore College; Princeton University
Known for	May spectral sequence,; coining the term "operad"
Awards	Fellow of the AMS
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Yale University; University of Chicago
Thesis	The cohomology of restricted Lie algebras and of Hopf algebras: Application to the Steenrod algebra (1964)
Doctoral advisor	John Moore
Doctoral students	Mark Behrens, Andrew Blumberg, Fred Cohen, Nick Gurski, Nick Kuhn, Ib Madsen, Emily Riehl, Mike Shulman, Zhouli Xu
Website	www.math.uchicago.edu/~may

Jon Peter May (born September 16, 1939, in New York) is an American mathematician working in the fields of algebraic topology, category theory, homotopy theory, and the foundational aspects of spectra. He is known, in particular, for the May spectral sequence and for coining the term operad.

J. Peter May
Born	(1939-09-16) September 16, 1939 (age 84) New York
Alma mater	Swarthmore College Princeton University
Known for	May spectral sequence, coining the term "operad"
Awards	Fellow of the AMS
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Yale University University of Chicago
Thesis	The cohomology of restricted Lie algebras and of Hopf algebras: Application to the Steenrod algebra (1964)
Doctoral advisor	John Moore
Doctoral students	Mark Behrens, Andrew Blumberg, Fred Cohen, Nick Gurski, Nick Kuhn, Ib Madsen, Emily Riehl, Mike Shulman, Zhouli Xu

Website	www.math.uchicago.edu/~may