George A. Elliott
George Arthur Elliott 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 classifying C*-algebras, both for initiating their classification 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 Institute 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