William P. Thurston

15.0k citations
87 papers · 6.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 39

William P. Thurston

84 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology6881979202619942010200400600

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William P. Thurston
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
  • Geometry and Topology 4.4k
  • Mathematical Physics 3.3k
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 915
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 525
  • Applied Mathematics 1.4k
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All Works

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A detailed assessment of vulnerability to climate change in the Gold Coast, Australia
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The size of spanning disks for polygonal knots
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15 199731
16 198840
17 1988156
18 198550
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20 197591

About William P. Thurston

William P. Thurston is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics, having authored 87 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geometric and Algebraic Topology (28 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (15 papers), Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (11 papers), Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (9 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (9 papers), Geometry and complex manifolds (5 papers), semigroups and automata theory (5 papers) and Topological and Geometric Data Analysis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geometry and Topology (4.4k citations), Mathematical Physics (3.3k citations) and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (915 citations). William P. Thurston has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Silvio Levy, Allen Hatcher, Gary L. Miller, Daniel D. Sleator, Robert E. Tarjan, M. Gromov, Stephen A. Vavasis, Shang‐Hua Teng, H. E. Winkelnkemper and Michael Handel. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Global Change Biology and Monthly Weather Review.

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