Patrick Brosnan

Patrick Brosnan is an American mathematician, known for his work on motives, Hodge theory, and algebraic groups. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998 under the direction of Spencer Bloch. Brosnan is the 2009 recipient of the Coxeter–James Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society.[1]

Patrick Brosnan
Born1968
Philadelphia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
AwardsCoxeter–James Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland
University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisorSpencer Bloch

In 2003, Brosnan (in joint work with Prakash Belkale) disproved the Spanning Tree Conjecture of Maxim Kontsevich.[2]

Notes
  1. "Press release of the Canadian Mathematical Society".
  2. Review of Matroids, motives, and a conjecture of Kontsevich MR1950482
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