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Howard Masur

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Howard Masur, in Oberwolfach (2014).

Howard Alan Masur is an American mathematician who works on topology, geometry and combinatorial group theory.[1][2]

The Hubbard–Masur theorem is named after Masur and John H. Hubbard.[3] Masur was an invited speaker at the 1994 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich.[4] and is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]

Along with Yair Minsky, Masur is one of the pioneers of the study of curve complex geometry.[6] He also contributed to the understanding of the convergence of geodesic rays in Teichmüller theory.[7]

In 2009, a conference of mathematicians honored Masur's 60th birthday in France.[8]

Masur was a Ph.D. student of Albert Marden at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.[9]

Selected papers

  • Howard Masur (1982). "Interval exchange transformations and measured foliations". Annals of Mathematics. 115 (1): 169–200. doi:10.2307/1971341.
  • Howard Masur (1975). "On a class of geodesics in Teichmuller space". Annals of Mathematics. 102 (2): 205–221. doi:10.2307/1971031.

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