Dennis Sullivan

Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan
	Sullivan in 1968
Born	Dennis Parnell Sullivan; February 12, 1941; Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Rice University (BA); Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Known for	Connes–Donaldson–Sullivan–Teleman index theorem; Parry–Sullivan invariant; Sullivan conjecture; Density conjecture; Localization of a topological space; No-wandering-domain theorem; Rational homotopy theory; String topology;
Awards	Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1971); National Medal of Science (2004); Leroy P. Steele Prize (2006); Wolf Prize (2010); Balzan Prize (2014); Abel Prize (2022);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Stony Brook University; City University of New York
Thesis	Triangulating Homotopy Equivalences (1966)
Doctoral advisor	William Browder
Doctoral students	Harold Abelson; Curtis T. McMullen

Dennis Parnell Sullivan (born February 12, 1941) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic topology, geometric topology, and dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York Graduate Center and is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University.

Sullivan was awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2010 and the Abel Prize in 2022.

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