Jim Stasheff
Facts
16 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- January 15, 1936
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Country of citizenship
- United States[5]
- Occupation
- mathematician, university teacher
- Employer
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Notre Dame, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Temple University[6][7][8][9]
- Educated at
- University of Oxford, Princeton University, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[10][11][12]
- Award received
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[15]
- Doctoral advisor
- John Coleman Moore, Ioan James[13][14]
- Doctoral student
- Jo Ellis-Monaghan, Thomas J. Lada, Kathleen Sinkinson, John Henry McCleary, James F. Slifker, James F. Wirth, John Misner, Anthony Hughes, Robert Anthony Nowlan, Christopher Hee, Chao-Kun Cheng, Roberto Ruiz, John Petro, Victor Sapojnikoff, Nancy Hagelgans, Ronald Umble, Greg Lambros Peterson, Colin Day, Lars Kjeseth, Tracy Hamilton, Jungyoon Byun, Eduardo Outeiral Correa Hoefel, David Michael Roberts[18][19][20][21][22][23]
- Academic thesis
- On certain problems in homotopy theory
- Family name
- Stasheff
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Member of
- American Mathematical Society[16]
- ISNI
- 0000000116517635
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7745-1526
- VIAF cluster ID
- 59166553
- Library of Congress authority ID
- nr89015221
- GND ID
- 1089790864
- OpenAlex ID
- A5056231676as of 2026-09-23
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- Source
- OpenAlex
- Edition
- 20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Bronze
- not in the catalog
- Transform
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- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stasheff.jpg ↗
- Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
- stasheff-james-dillon-b-1936-mathematician
- BIBSYS ID
- 90861578
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 123866868
- CANTIC ID
- 981058518710406706
- CANTIC ID (former scheme)
- a11026352
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- 1140563741733421312
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- 1089790864
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- /m/0j7hz6v
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- 03293596X
- Libris-URI
- 42gkscdn206rfbs
- MR Author ID
- 166455
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 8588
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA01923647
- NDL Authority ID
- 00863058
- NL CR AUT ID
- av2014850153
- NLab ID
- Jim Stasheff
- NUKAT ID
- n99042518
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007447378705171
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 166236
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 067823297
- Obálky knih ID
- av2014850153
- ResearchGate profile ID
- Jim-Stasheff
- SELIBR ID
- 397580
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 41696
- Semantic Scholar author ID
- 102928079
- Stack Exchange user ID
- 2951369
- University of Barcelona authority ID
- 981058518710406706
- University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
- a1244064
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- Yale LUX ID
- person/75cef370-d975-4613-b07f-bbbd0ca3dac0
- ZbMATH author ID
- stasheff.james-d
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Summary
Born in New York City[1], he… he was born on January 15, 1936[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].
Body
Education
Educated at University of Oxford[10], a collegiate university[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1096[26], headquartered in Oxford[27]; Princeton University[11], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1746[30], headquartered in Princeton[31]; and University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[12], an academic institution[32], in United States[33], founded in 1841[34]. Doctoral advisors include John Coleman Moore[13], a mathematician[35], 1923–2016[36], of United States[37], awarded the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[38] and Ioan James[14], a mathematician[39], 1928–2025[40], of United Kingdom[41], awarded the Berwick Prize[42], specialised in topology[43].
Career and Affiliations
Employers include Massachusetts Institute of Technology[6], a university[44], in United States[45], founded in 1861[46], headquartered in Cambridge[47]; University of Notre Dame[7], a private university[48], in United States[49], founded in 1842[50]; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[8], a public research university[51], in United States[52], founded in 1789[53]; and Temple University[9], a university[54], in United States[55], founded in 1884[56]. Doctoral students include Jo Ellis-Monaghan[18], a mathematician[57]; Thomas J. Lada[19], a mathematician[58], b. 1946[59]; Kathleen Sinkinson[20]; John Henry McCleary[21]; James F. Slifker[22]; and James F. Wirth[23].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Jim Stasheff include associahedron[60], a polytope family[61].
Why It Matters
He is credited with the discovery of associahedron[62], a polytope family[63]. Entities named for him include associahedron[60], a polytope family[61].
His notable doctoral advisees include Jo Ellis-Monaghan[64], a mathematician[65].
FAQs
Where was Jim Stasheff born?
Jim Stasheff was born in New York City[1].
What did Jim Stasheff do for work?
Jim Stasheff worked as mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].
Where did Jim Stasheff go to school?
Jim Stasheff was educated at University of Oxford[10], Princeton University[11], and University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts[12].
What awards did Jim Stasheff receive?
Honors received include Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[15].
What did Jim Stasheff discover?
Jim Stasheff is credited as discoverer of associahedron[62].