Biography:Robert Daverman

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Short description: American topologist

Robert Jay Daverman (born 28 September 1941) is an American topologist.

Daverman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 28 September 1941. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 from Calvin College and pursued doctoral study under R. H. Bing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing his thesis Locally Fenced 2-spheres in S3 in 1967, Daverman began teaching at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.[1] While on the Knoxville faculty, Daverman served on the American Mathematical Society's Committee on Science Policy.[2] By the time he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the AMS in 2012, Daverman had gained emeritus status.[3]

Selected publications

  • Daverman, Robert J. (1986). Decompositions of Manifolds. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122042201. [4]
  • Daverman, Robert J. (2009). Embeddings in Manifolds. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 9780821836972. [5]

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