Walter David Neumann (1 January 1946 – 24 September 2024) was a British-American mathematician who worked in topology, geometric group theory, and singularity theory. He was a professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. Neumann obtained his Ph.D. under the joint supervision of Friedrich Hirzebruch and Klaus Jänich at the University of Bonn in 1969.Faces of Geometry, A Conference in Honor of Walter Neumann
He was a son of the mathematicians Bernhard Neumann and Hanna Neumann. His brother Peter M. Neumann was also a mathematician.
Walter Neumann was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2002.Walter D. Neumann: Curriculum Vitae, Walter D. Neumann, Celebratio Mathematica, 2022 He was in the Inaugural Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, starting from 2013.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Neumann died on 24 September 2024, at the age of 78.In Memoriam, New York Group Theory Seminar. Accessed September 25, 2024In Memoriam: Walter D. Neumann, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University. Accessed October 2, 2024
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Home page at Columbia Walter D. Neumann, Celebratio Mathematica, 2022