Sebastián Hurtado-Salazar
Sebastián Hurtado-Salazar | |
|---|---|
2014 in Oberwolfach | |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) IMPA (M.S.) National University of Colombia (B.S.) |
| Known for | Zimmer's conjecture |
| Awards | New Horizons in Mathematics Prize (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Dynamical systems Geometry Topology |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Thesis | Homomorphisms between groups of diffeomorphisms (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ian Agol |
| Website | sites |
Sebastián Hurtado-Salazar is a Colombian mathematician working in dynamical systems, geometry and topology. He is a professor at Yale University.[1] In 2017, together with Aaron Brown and David Fisher, he proved Zimmer's conjecture.[2]
Education
Hurtado-Salazar completed his mathematical undergraduate education at the National University of Colombia and obtained a master degree in mathematics at the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada.[3] He obtained his PhD at the University of California at Berkeley in 2014 with Ian Agol as advisor (thesis: Homomorphisms between groups of diffeomorphisms).[4]
Honors
He was a Sloan Fellow.[5] He shared the 2022 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize with Aaron Brown.[6][7][8] In 2023, he shared the Frontiers of Science Award with David Fisher and Aaron Brown.[9]
Selected publications
- A. Brown, D. Fisher, S. Hurtado (2020). "Zimmer's conjecture for actions of SL(𝑚,ℤ)", Inventiones Mathematicae 221 (3), pp. 1001-1060. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02735 (announced in 2017)
- A. Brown, D. Fisher, S. Hurtado (2022). "Zimmer’s conjecture: Subexponential growth, measure rigidity, and strong property (T)". Annals of Mathematics, 196 (3), pp. 891-940. https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2022.196.3.1
Further reading
- Séminaire Bourbaki Octobre 2017: Serge Cantat - Progrès récents concernant le programme de Zimmer (d'après A. Brown, D. Fisher, et S. Hurtado) (in French)
References
- ^ "Sebastian Hurtado - Salazar | Department of Mathematics". math.yale.edu.
- ^ Hartnett, Kevin (October 23, 2018). "A Proof About Where Symmetries Can't Exist". Quanta Magazine.
- ^ "Un colombiano hace parte de un enorme logro en matemáticas". 29 October 2018. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Sebastian Hurtado - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org.
- ^ "Notices of the AMS Volume 67, Number 5 Page 736" (PDF).
- ^ "Sebastian Hurtado-Salazar wins 2022 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize | University of Chicago News". news.uchicago.edu. September 16, 2021.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Mathematics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Aaron Brown". breakthroughprize.org.
- ^ "Ex-aluno do IMPA ganha prêmio da Fundação Breakthrough Prize". September 21, 2021. (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Mantoulidis, Katz earn Frontiers of Science Awards | Wiess School of Natural Sciences | Rice University". naturalsciences.rice.edu.