Mark Mahowald

| birth_place = Albany, Minnesota | death_date = | death_place = Illinois, United States | nationality = | fields = Mathematics | workplaces = Syracuse University
Northwestern University | alma_mater = University of Minnesota | doctoral_advisor = Bernard Russell Gelbaum | doctoral_students = Michael J. Hopkins | known_for = Homotopy groups of spheres | awards = }} Mark Edward Mahowald (December 1, 1931 – July 20, 2013) was an American mathematician known for work in algebraic topology. Provided by Wikipedia