However, with some luck, Smale was accepted as a graduate student at the University of Michigan's mathematics department.

Smale began his career as an instructor at the college at the University of Chicago.

In 1960 Smale was appointed an associate professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, moving to a professorship at Columbia University the following year.

Since 2002 Smale is a Professor at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago ; starting August 1, 2009, he is also a Distinguished University Professor at the City University of Hong Kong.

* Steven Smale at the City University of Hong Kong

* Stephen Smale at the City University of Hong Kong

* Stephen Smale at the University of Chicago

* Steve Smale at the University of California, Berkeley

He remained at Warwick until 1988, but from 1966 to 1967 he was a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, after which his research turned to dynamical systems, inspired by many of the world leaders in this field, including Stephen Smale and René Thom, who both spent time at Warwick, Zeeman subsequently spent a sabbatical with Thom at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Paris, where he became interested in catastrophe theory.

He studied under Stephen Smale at University of California, Berkeley, and his 1968 thesis was entitled On Morse-Smale Diffeomorphisms.

Steven Smale a. k. a. Steve Smale, Stephen Smale ( born July 15, 1930 ) is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan.

In 1961 Stephen Smale shocked mathematicians by proving the Generalized Poincaré conjecture for dimensions greater than four and extended his techniques to prove the fundamental h-cobordism theorem.

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Yet again, Smale performed poorly his first years, earning a C average as a graduate student.

It was only when the department chair, Hildebrant, threatened to kick out Smale, that he began to work hard.

Smale finally earned his Ph. D. in 1957, under Raoul Bott.

His first contribution is the Smale horseshoe that jumpstarted significant research in dynamical systems.

Smale is also known for injecting Morse theory into mathematical economics, as well as recent explorations of various theories of computation.

Earlier in his career, Smale was involved in controversy over remarks he made regarding his work habits while proving the higher dimensional Poincaré conjecture.

Karpov won a gold medal for academic excellence in high school, and entered Moscow State University in 1968 to study mathematics.

Aalto also entered several architectural competitions for prestigious state public buildings, both in Finland and abroad, including the two competitions for the Finnish Parliamentary building in 1923 and 1924, the extension to the University of Helsinki in 1931, and the building to house the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1926-27.

Sakharov entered Moscow State University in 1938.

At the beginning of 1236, he entered the Franciscan order ( he was at least 50 ) and was the first Franciscan to hold a chair at the University of Paris.

In order to enhance himself, Rabbani went to Egypt in 1966, and he entered the Al-Azhar University in Cairo where he developed close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood leadership.

He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Bologna, where in addition to law he studied mathematics, economics, and biology.

Intending to work with his father on their ranch, Brubeck entered the College of the Pacific ( now the University of the Pacific ) studying veterinary science, but transferred on the urging of the head of zoology, Dr. Arnold, who told him " Brubeck, your mind's not here.

Through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation however, King's College was able to relocate to Halifax and entered into a partnership with Dalhousie University which continues to this day.

The Ph. D. entered widespread use in the 19th century at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin as a degree to be granted to someone who had undertaken original research in the sciences or humanities.

Rosa entered the University of Kentucky in 1969.

" He entered the University of Greifswald in 1923 and, according to Mayr himself, " took the medical curriculum ( to satisfy a family tradition ).

After a year of high-school teaching, he entered graduate school with the help of his former professor from the University of Chicago to study astronomy at the Yerkes Observatory of the University, where he received his PhD in 1917.

After graduating from the Great Neck North High School, he entered Hofstra University in 1955 majoring in theater arts.

After graduating from secondary school, in 1847 he entered the University of Giessen, with the intention of studying architecture.

In 1862, Cantor entered the University of Zürich.

After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music.

In 1520, he entered the University of Pavia and later in Padua studied medicine.

Hoover entered Stanford University in 1891, the new California college's first year.

In 1933, Simon entered the University of Chicago, and following those early influences, he studied the social sciences and mathematics.

In 1906, Moseley entered Trinity College of the University of Oxford, where he earned his bachelor's degree.

After a few years of quiet study, Calvin entered the University of Bourges in 1529.

At the age of 18, Gödel joined his brother in Vienna and entered the University of Vienna.

At the age of 20, he entered the University in Turku and obtained a masters degree in 1827.

Rather than continue this work though, he decided to complete his studies and entered Helsinki University to study medicine.