Frank Reese Harvey (born 1941) is an American mathematician known for contributions to the field of

differential geometry Differential geometry is a Mathematics, mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It uses the techniques of Calculus, single variable calculus, vector calculus, lin ...

. In 1982, in collaboration with Blaine Lawson, Harvey introduced calibrated geometry, which is instrumental in the formulation of the

SYZ conjecture The SYZ conjecture is an attempt to understand the mirror symmetry conjecture, an issue in theoretical physics and mathematics. The original conjecture was proposed in a paper by Strominger, Yau, and Zaslow, entitled "Mirror Symmetry is ''T''- ...

. He is Edgar Odell Lovett Professor and professor emeritus of mathematics at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres. Rice University comp ...

Education and career

Harvey graduated from

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

in 1963 with both a bachelor's and master's degree. He obtained his Ph.D. from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

in 1966, under the direction of Hikosaburo Komatsu. He joined the Rice University faculty in 1968, and retired as Edgar Odell Lovett Professor in 2003.

Recognition

In 1983 he was an invited speaker at the

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in Warsaw. In 2024, he was elected to the United States

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the ...

Selected publications

* * * *Reviews of ''Spinors and Calibrations'': *Norio Ejiri, *James Hebda, *L. Mason, ''Bull. London Math. Soc.'',

References

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