William Jaco
Encyclopedia
William "Bus" H. Jaco is the Grace B. Kerr Professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University. He works on 3-manifolds and discovered the JSJ decomposition
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He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
in 1968.
JSJ decomposition
In mathematics, the JSJ decomposition, also known as the toral decomposition, is a topological construct given by the following theorem:The acronym JSJ is for William Jaco, Peter Shalen, and Klaus Johannson...
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He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in 1968.
Publications
- William Jaco Lectures on Three-Manifold Topology ISBN 0-8218-1693-4
- W. H. Jaco, P. B. Shalen Seifert Fibered Spaces in Three Manifolds: Memoirs Series No. 220 (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; v. 21, no. 220) ISBN 0-8218-2220-9