Peter Shalen

Peter B. Shalen (born c. 1946) is an American mathematician, working primarily in low-dimensional topology. He is the "S" in JSJ decomposition.

Peter Shalen
Alma materHarvard College (BA, 1966);
Harvard University (PhD, 1972)
Known forJSJ decomposition
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Topology
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Doctoral studentsNathan Dunfield
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