David E. Evans
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David E. Evans FLSW was born in 1950 at Glanamman, Dyfed, Wales.[1] He is a professor of mathematics at Cardiff University, specialising in knot theory. He has published a number of books, many in collaboration with Yasuyuki Kawahigashi.
He studied at New College, Oxford, and Jesus College, Oxford.[2]
From 1975 to 1976 Evans worked as a scholar and research assistant in the department of theoretical physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Over the next few years he travelled around the world working as a research fellow at UCLA (1977); Australian National University, Canberra (1982, 1989); Kyoto University (1982-83, 1985); and the University of Ottawa (1983). Between 1987 and 1998 he worked as a professor at Swansea, Wales. Since 1998, he has worked as a professor at Cardiff University.[1]
Awards and honours
[edit]- Junior Mathematical Prize, 1972
- Senior Mathematical Prize, 1975
- Johnson Prizes, 1975
- Whitehead Prize – London Mathematical Society, 1989.[2][3]
- Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, 2011.[4]
Notable published works
[edit]- Quantum Symmetries on Operator Algebras (David E. Evans and Yasuyuki Kawahigashi, published 21 May 1998) One of the first books to examine post-1981 combinatorial-algebraic developments with respect to operator algebras. Intended for an audience of graduate students and researchers of the field.[5]
- Integrable lattice models for conjugate A^(1)_n (David E. Evans and R. E. Behrend, published 2004 in J. Phys. A) Evans's most recently published paper.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Evans, D.E." DIAS.
- ^ a b David E. Evans CV
- ^ "LMS Prizes". Lms.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "David Evans". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "UK General Catalogue". OUP. 21 May 1998. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ David E. Evans: Publications
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