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Joachim Cuntz | |
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Born | 28 September 1948 |
Citizenship | German |
Alma mater | Bielefeld University (Ph.D., 1975) |
Known for | Cuntz algebras |
Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Münster |
Doctoral advisor | Horst Behncke |
Doctoral students | Andreas Thom, Wilhelm Winter |
Joachim Cuntz (born 28 September 1948 in Mannheim) is a German mathematician, currently a professor at the University of Münster.
Joachim Cuntz has made fundamental contributions to the area of C*-algebras and to the field of noncommutative geometry in the sense of Alain Connes. He initiated the analysis of the structure of simple C*-algebras and introduced new methods and examples, including the Cuntz algebras and the Cuntz semigroup. He was one of the first to apply K-theory to noncommutative operator algebras and contributed to the development of that theory. In collaboration with Daniel Quillen, he developed a new approach to cyclic cohomology and proved the excision property of periodic cyclic theory. In recent years, he has been working mainly on C*-algebras that are related to structures from number theory. [1] [2]
Joachim Cuntz had dozens of PhD students and research assistants, many of which are professors in mathematics today. [2] Among them are: