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Name
  
James Lepowsky


Role
  
Professor of mathematics


Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Books
  
Vertex Operator Algebras, Generalized Vertex Algebras, Introduction to Vertex Operator, Lie Algebras - Vertex Op, On Axiomatic Approach

James "Jim" Lepowsky (born July 5, 1944 in New York City) is a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Previously he taught at Yale University. He received his Ph.D from M.I.T. in 1970 where his advisors were Bertram Kostant and Sigurdur Helgason. Lepowsky graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1961, 16 years after Kostant. His current research is in the areas of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras and vertex algebras. He has written several books on vertex algebras and related topics. In 1988, in a joint work with Igor Frenkel and Arne Meurman, he constructed the monster vertex algebra (also known as the Moonshine module).

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

References

James Lepowsky Wikipedia


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