Canadian mathematician

George Arthur Elliott FRSC (born 1945) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in operator algebras, K-theory, and non-commutative geometry. He is a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics, and holds a Canada Research Chair. He is best known for his work on cl*ifying C*-algebras, both for initiating their cl*ification and highlighting the importance of K-theory in this respect.

He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Zurich–1994.

Awards and Honours

• 1982 Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada.
• 1996 CRM/Fields Ins*ute Prize
• 1996-1998 Killam Research Fellow.
• 1998 Jeffery–Williams Prize.
• 1999 John L. Synge Award.
• 2012 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
• 2019 Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society

References

External links

• George A. Elliott at the Mathematics Genealogy Project