Michael Eaton Gage is a mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...

. He is known for his work on the

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, and in particular for the Gage–Hamilton–Grayson theorem, proved by Gage with

Richard S. Hamilton Richard Streit Hamilton (January 10, 1943 – September 29, 2024) was an American mathematician who served as the Davies Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University. Hamilton is known for contributions to geometric analysis and partial dif ...

and Matthew Grayson, which describes the behavior of any smooth

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under the curve-shortening flow. He is also one of the original developers of the WeBWorK online homework delivery system. Gage did his undergraduate studies at

Antioch College Antioch College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852 as a non-secta ...

, and completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at

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in 1978, under the supervision of

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. He has worked as a systems programmer for

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,. and joined the Rochester faculty in 1984. Gage was the 1996–1997 winner of the distinguished teaching award of the Seaway Section of the

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