Richard Borcherds
British-American mathematician
- Born
- 29 November 1959, Cape Town
- Age
- 66
Richard Ewen Borcherds (born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. He is well known for his proof of monstrous moonshine using ideas from string theory.
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