Several made substantial progress. Only one got all the way there. Rewriting Mathematics Jacob Lurie’s first paper on infinity category theory was inauspicious. On June 5, 2003, the 25-year-old ...

Other mathematicians had previously developed infinity categories in different models. While those efforts were far less comprehensive than Lurie’s, they’re easier to work with in some situations.

Mathematics professor Jacob A. Lurie ’00 was named a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, a prize commonly referred to as the “Genius Grant,” on Wednesday. Mathematics professor Jacob A.

Boston civil rights lawyer Mary Bonauto and Harvard mathematics professor Jacob Lurie were among the 21 recipients of the annual MacArthur Foundation “genius’’ grants awarded on Wednesday ...

What if the equal sign — the bedrock of mathematics — was a mistake? A growing number of mathematicians, led in part by Jacob Lurie at the Institute for Advanced Study, want to rewrite their field, ...

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