What is John N. Mather?
[[File:John N Mather.jpg|thumb|Mather in July 2005]] '''John Norman Mather''' (June 9, 1942 &ndash; January 28, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. He was known for his work on [[singularity theory]] and [[Hamiltonian mechanics]]. He worked at [[Princeton University]]. He was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He studied at Princeton and [[Harvard University]]. Mather died on January 28, 2017 in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]] at the age of 74.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.math.princeton.edu/news/home-page/department-mourns-professor-john-n-mather-67-1942%E2%80%932016|title=The Department Mourns Professor John N. Mather *67, 1942–2016|work=Princeton University|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043654/https://www.math.princeton.edu/news/home-page/department-mourns-professor-john-n-mather-67-1942%E2%80%932016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|John Mather (mathematician)|John N. Mather}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mather, John Norman}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Scientists from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Princeton University alumni]] {{US-bio-stub}}