Richard Borcherds

Richard Ewen Borcherds is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. He is well known for his proof of monstrous moonshine using ideas from string theory.

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Who was born first?

• Richard Borcherds and Saul Perlmutter were born the same year
• Richard Borcherds and Koichi Tanaka were born the same year
• Richard Borcherds and Takaaki Kajita were born the same year
• Richard Borcherds and Steven H. Strogatz were born the same year
• Richard Borcherds and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ameenah Gurib-FakimOctober 17, 1959 – present
2. Koichi TanakaAugust 3, 1959 – present
3. Richard Borcherds (this page)November 29, 1959 – present
4. Saul PerlmutterSeptember 22, 1959 – present
5. Steven H. StrogatzAugust 13, 1959 – present
6. Takaaki KajitaMarch 9, 1959 – present

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