Michael Aschbacher
This article is about a American group theorist (a American person working in group theory)
This person worked in/on: Classification of finite simple groups
This article is about a person who is alive
Life
Personal life
Michael Aschbacher (April 8, 1944 - ) is an American mathematician.
Professional life
- 1966: Aschbacher completed his B.S. at California Institute of Technology
- 1969: Aschbacher completed his Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Work
Group theory
Aschbacher was among the mathematicians who worked in the Classification of finite simple groups, his contributions being over the period 1970-80. Later, along with Smith, Aschbacher fixed a gap in the proof of the classification for the case of quasithin groups. He is also among the mathematicians who has worked on a second-generation classification proof.
Contemporaries
Advisor
Aschbacher worked under Richard Bruck.