H. Blaine Lawson
H. Blaine Lawson, Jr. | |
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H. Blaine Lawson in Berkeley, 1972 | |
| Born | January 4, 1942 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize for Exposition (1975) Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2026) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic cycles Calibrated geometry Minimal surfaces |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Osserman |
Herbert Blaine Lawson, Jr. is a mathematician best known for his work in minimal surfaces, foliations, several complex variables, calibrated geometry, partial differential equations, and algebraic cycles. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Stony Brook University.