John Frederick "Rick" Jardine (born December 6, 1951, in Belleville,

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) is a Canadian

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working in the fields of

homotopy theory In mathematics, homotopy theory is a systematic study of situations in which Map (mathematics), maps can come with homotopy, homotopies between them. It originated as a topic in algebraic topology, but nowadays is learned as an independent discipli ...

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations. It was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Category theory ...

, and

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Biography

Jardine obtained his Ph.D. from the

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in 1981, with thesis ''Algebraic Homotopy'' written under the direction of Roy Douglas. Following a research fellowship at the

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and a Dickson instructorship at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

, he joined the Department of Mathematics at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

in 1984, where he is currently an emeritus professor. From 2002 to 2016, Jardine held a

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in applied homotopy theory. Since 2008, he is fellow of the

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, and has been recognized with the

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in 1992 by the

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. In 2018 the

listed him in their inaugural class of fellows.

References

External links

Jardine's homepage
at the University of Western Ontario {{DEFAULTSORT:Jardine, Rick 1951 births Living people People from Belleville, Ontario 20th-century Canadian mathematicians 21st-century Canadian mathematicians Topologists University of British Columbia alumni University of Chicago people Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Fellows of the Canadian Mathematical Society