George Arthur Elliott (born 1945) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in operator algebras, K-theory, and non-commutative geometry. He is a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. He is best known for his work on C*-algebras, both for initiating their classification and highlighting the importance of K-theory in this respect.
He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich, 1994.
Awards and honours
1982 Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada.:fr:Liste des membres de la Société royale du Canada (1946-1985) 1996 CRM/Fields Institute PrizeCRM/Fields Institute Prize 1996-1998 Killam Research Fellow.List of Killam Research Fellows 1998 Jeffery–Williams Prize.Jeffery–Williams Prize 1999 John L. Synge Award.John L. Synge Award 2012 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-12-02. 2019 Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society
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