Robert Daverman Explained

Robert Jay Daverman (born 28 September 1941) is an American topologist.

Daverman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 28 September 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.^[1] While on the Knoxville faculty, Daverman served on the American Mathematical Society's Committee on Science Policy.^[2] By the time he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows of the AMS in 2012, Daverman had gained emeritus status.^[3]

Selected publications

• Book: Daverman . Robert J. . Decompositions of Manifolds . 1986 . Academic Press . 9780122042201. ^[4]
• Book: Daverman . Robert J. . Embeddings in Manifolds . 2009 . American Mathematical Society . 9780821836972. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Guilbault . Craig . Robert J. Daverman: a short mathematical tribute . May 2002 . https://sites.calvin.edu/venema/workshop/proceedingspapers/davermantribute.pdf. Proceedings Nineteenth Annual Workshop in Geometric Topology. Calvin College. 1–2.
2. News: UA Dean Robert Olin Named Chair of American Mathematical Society Committee . 3 April 2022 . University of Alabama . 30 November 2004.
3. News: Four Faculty Members Named American Mathematics Society Fellows . 3 April 2022 . University of Tennessee–Knoxville . 5 November 2012.
4. Cannon . James W. . Decompositions of Manifolds. By Robert J. Daverman . The American Mathematical Monthly . 1988 . 95 . 5 . 471–475 . 10.1080/00029890.1988.11972035.
5. James W. Cannon . Cannon . James W. . 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 . Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society . 2011 . 48 . 3 . 485–490 . 10.1090/S0273-0979-2011-01320-9 .