Background
Illman, Sören Arnold was born on May 12, 1943 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Arne and Hebe Dorotea Illman.
Illman, Sören Arnold was born on May 12, 1943 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Arne and Hebe Dorotea Illman.
Master of Science, University Helsinki, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1972.
Assistant University Helsinki, 1965-1966, professor, since 1975. Research assistant Academy of Finland, 1971-1972, junior research fellow, 1972-1975. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1974-1975.
Visiting research fellow Institute des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 1977, Mathematics Institute Oxford University, England, 1978, Forschungs Institute für Matematik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland, 1982, 85, Department Mathematics Yale University, New Haven, 1996. Visiting scholar University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983. Visiting professor department mathematics Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1983.
Visiting professor Research Institute of Mathematics Sciences, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1986-1987, Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany, 1989, 92, Forschungs Institute für Mathematik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, 1993, Mathematics Institute University Oxford, England, 1995-1996. Visiting professor department mathematics Princeton University, 1991-1992, University Cambridge, 2001-2002. Visiting fellow Clare Hall University Cambridge, England, 2001-2002.
Senior member Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1992. Visiting researcher Institute Mittag-Leffler, Djursholm, Sweden, 2006. Organizer, co-chairman Group Actions on Manifolds, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, 1998.
Co-organizer Symposium on Transformation Groups, Toyohasi City, Japan, 1999. Lecturer in field.
Member Finnish Society Sciences and Letters (chairman mathematics-physical section 1988-1991), Finnish Mathematics Society (secretary 1966, vice chairman 1991-2001), American Mathematics Society, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, London Mathematics Society.
Married Kerstin Gunhild Anna Johansson, August 25, 1968. Children: Erik Jerker, Johanna Kristel.