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James Munkres

James Raymond Munkres (August 18, 1930 – July 30, 2026) was an American mathematician and academic who was professor of mathematics at MIT and is the author of several texts in the area of topology, including Topology (an undergraduate-level text), Analysis on Manifolds, Elements of Algebraic Topology, and Elementary Differential Topology. He is also the…

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topology · Hungarian algorithm
Education
Nebraska Wesleyan University · University of Michigan
Born
(1930-08-18)August 18, 1930 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
July 30, 2026(2026-07-30) (aged 95) Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Edwin Evariste Moïse
Doctoral students
Robert Penner

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James Munkres → Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Michigan
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James Munkres → Nebraska Wesleyan University, University of Michigan
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James Munkres → Hungarian algorithm, topology
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James Munkres → (1930-08-18)August 18, 1930 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
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James Munkres → July 30, 2026(2026-07-30) (aged 95) Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
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James Munkres → Robert Penner
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