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A tribute to Andrew Ranicki, a mathematician who died in 2018, and his contributions to algebra and topology. The web page also includes his curriculum vitae, lectures, books, papers, and personal interests.
- Atiyah80
See Andrew Ranicki’s slides on Michel Kervaire’s work in...
- Books
Edited by Sylvain Cappell, Andrew Ranicki and Jonathan...
- Kirby
Topological manifolds: their triangulations and smoothings...
- Lectures and Conferences
Memories of Dan Quillen for AMS Notices (Andrew Ranicki)...
- Triangulation and The Hauptvermutung
Related papers in the Homology Manifolds directory. A...
- Des Sheiham
Dr Desmond Sheiham. 13th November 1974 - 25th March 2005....
- J.J.Sylvester
J.J.Sylvester Link to entry in the St. Andrews' MacTutor...
- Surface Bundles
W.Lück and A.Ranicki Surgery obstructions of fibre bundles...
- Atiyah80
Andrew Alexander Ranicki (born Andrzej Aleksander Ranicki; 30 December 1948 – 21 February 2018) was a British mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
The autobiography of MRR Mein Leben was first published in 1999. In January 2017 it was listed in the SPIEGEL as nr. 5 of the cumulative nonfiction bestseller list in Germany since 1961. A reading by MRR from "Mein Leben". There are many video clips of my father on YouTube , including the Reich-Ranicki channel.
Curriculum vitae of Andrew Ranicki. Born: London, 30th December, 1948. Dual UK / German citizen. Cambridge University, B. A. 1969 Ph. D. 1973 (supervised by Prof. J. F. Adams and Mr. A. J. Casson) Trinity College Yeats Prize, 1970. Cambridge University Smith Prize, 1972. Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1972{1977.
Andrew Ranicki. The algebraic theory of surgery. I. Foundations. Princeton Math. Notes 26. Algebraic Topology Aarhus 1978: Proceedings of a Symposium held at Aarhus …. THE ALGEBRAIC THEORY OF SURGERY 11. APPLICATIONS TO TOPOLOGY.
Andrew RANICKI | Cited by 1,728 | of The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (UoE) | Read 101 publications | Contact Andrew RANICKI
About: Andrew Ranicki and his theory of algebraic surgery played a central role in linking manifold theory, algebraic K-theory, and its close cousin L-theory. These areas have seen great developments and advances in the last decade from distinct research communities.
