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'''Henry Christian Wente''' |
'''Henry Christian Wente''' was an American mathematician, known for his 1986 discovery of the [[Wente torus]], an [[Immersion (mathematics)|immersed]] [[constant-mean-curvature surface]] whose existence disproved a conjecture of [[Heinz Hopf]].<ref>{{Citation | last1=Wente | first1=Henry C. | title=Counterexample to a conjecture of H. Hopf. | url=http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102702809 | year=1986 | journal=Pacific Journal of Mathematics | volume=121 | pages=193–243 | doi=10.2140/pjm.1986.121.193}}</ref><ref>[http://www.math.utoledo.edu/wente_torus.html The Wente torus], University of Toledo Mathematics Department, retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> |
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Wente obtained his Ph.D. from [[Harvard University]] in 1966, under the supervision of [[Garrett Birkhoff]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=19400}}</ref> He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the [[University of Toledo]].<ref>[http://www.math.utoledo.edu/faculty.html Mathematics faculty], University of Toledo, retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> |
Wente obtained his Ph.D. from [[Harvard University]] in 1966, under the supervision of [[Garrett Birkhoff]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=19400}}</ref> He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the [[University of Toledo]].<ref>[http://www.math.utoledo.edu/faculty.html Mathematics faculty], University of Toledo, retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:39, 20 January 2020
Henry Christian Wente was an American mathematician, known for his 1986 discovery of the Wente torus, an immersed constant-mean-curvature surface whose existence disproved a conjecture of Heinz Hopf.[1][2]
Wente obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1966, under the supervision of Garrett Birkhoff.[3] He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Toledo.[4] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]
References
- ^ Wente, Henry C. (1986), "Counterexample to a conjecture of H. Hopf.", Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 121: 193–243, doi:10.2140/pjm.1986.121.193
- ^ The Wente torus, University of Toledo Mathematics Department, retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ Henry C. Wente at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Mathematics faculty, University of Toledo, retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01.
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