Michael W. Davis
Michael W. Davis | |
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| Born | April 26, 1949 |
| Occupations | Mathematician, author, and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Princeton University (BA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Smooth Actions of the Classical Groups (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wu-Chung Hsiang |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Columbia University Ohio State University |
| Doctoral students | Constantin Gonciulea |
| Website | people |
Michael W. Davis (born April 26, 1949) is an American mathematician, author and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the Ohio State University.
Davis is most known for his work in the fields of geometry and topology, with a focus on the methods for constructing aspherical manifolds and spaces. He is the author of two books that include The Geometry and Topology of Coxeter Groups and Multiaxial Actions on Manifolds. His notable contributions to the field of mathematics include the creation of several mathematical concepts, such as the Charney–Davis Conjecture, Davis–Moussong complex, Davis manifolds, Davis–Januszkiewicz space, and the reflection group trick.