리처드 보처즈

소개

리처드 유언 보처즈(영어: Richard Ewen Borcherds IPA: [ˈrɪtʃə d ˈjuːən ˈbɔ tʃə dz], 1959년 11월 29일 ~ )는 군론과 리 대수, 수리물리학을 연구하는 영국의 수학자이다.

Richard Ewen Borcherds is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. He is well known for his proof of monstrous moonshine using ideas from string theory.