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Nationality
  
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Benson Farb

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Alma mater
  
Cornell UniversityPrinceton University

Doctoral students
  
Ashley AhlinHanna BennettKhalid Bou-RabeeThomas ChurchPallavi DaniMatthew DaySpencer DowdallTullia DymarzJan EssertAsaf HadariAngela KubenaJustin MalesteinDan MargalitKarin MelnickAlexandra PettetAndrew PutmanJennifer TabackAnne ThomasStephen WangKevin Wortman

Books
  
A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (PMS-49), Noncommutative algebra


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Benson Stanley Farb (born October 25, 1967) is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.

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A native of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Farb earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University. In 1994, he obtained his doctorate from Princeton University, under supervision of William Thurston.

He is married to Amie Wilkinson, professor of mathematics at University of Chicago.

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He has authored four books.

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Benson Farb Wikipedia