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robert moody -lrb- left -rrb- maria wonenburger coxeter -lrb- 1996 -rrb- crm-fields-pims prize -lrb- 1998 -rrb- -- james prize -lrb- 1978 -rrb- wigner medal canada mathematics university of saskatchewan university of alberta 28 november 1941 arturo pianzola moody baake.jpg robert moody
 robert moody university of toronto
robert moody

robert vaughan moody , -lrb- ; born november 28 , 1941 -rrb- is a canadian mathematician .
he is the co-discover of kac -- moody algebra , a lie algebra , usually infinite-dimensional , that can be defined through a generalized root system .
born in great britain , he received a bachelor of arts in mathematics in 1962 from the university of saskatchewan , a master of arts in mathematics in 1964 from the university of toronto , and a ph.d. in mathematics in 1966 from the university of toronto .
in 1966 , he joined the department of mathematics as an assistant professor in the university of saskatchewan .
in 1970 , he was appointed an associate professor and a professor in 1976 .
in 1989 , he joined the university of alberta as a professor in the department of mathematics .
in 1999 , he was made an officer of the order of canada .
in 1980 , he was made a fellow of the royal society of canada .
in 1996 moody and kac were co-winners of the wigner medal .
