Robert Daverman

Robert Jay Daverman (September 28, 1941 – February 9, 2026) was an American topologist.

Life and career

Daverman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 28, 1941. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 from Calvin College and pursued doctoral study under R. H. Bing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing his thesis Locally Fenced 2-spheres in S3 in 1967, Daverman began teaching at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. While on the Knoxville faculty, Daverman served on the American Mathematical Society's Committee on Science Policy. By the time he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the AMS in 2012, Daverman had gained emeritus status. Daverman died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 84.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ Guilbault, Craig (May 2002). "Robert J. Daverman: a short mathematical tribute" (PDF). Proceedings Nineteenth Annual Workshop in Geometric Topology. Calvin College. pp. 1–2.
  2. ↑ "UA Dean Robert Olin Named Chair of American Mathematical Society Committee". University of Alabama. 30 November 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Four Faculty Members Named American Mathematics Society Fellows". University of Tennessee–Knoxville. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Robert "Bob " Daverman
  5. ↑ Cannon, James W. (1988). "Decompositions of Manifolds. By Robert J. Daverman". The American Mathematical Monthly. 95 (5): 471–475. doi:10.1080/00029890.1988.11972035.
  6. ↑ Cannon, James W. (2011). "Embeddings in manifolds, by Robert J. Daverman and Gerard A. Venema, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 106, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2009, xviii+468 pp., ISBN 978-0-8218-3697-2, hardcover, US $75.00" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (3): 485–490. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2011-01320-9.