Barry Mazur

Barry Charles Mazur
Mazur in 1992
Born (1937-12-19) December 19, 1937 (age 86)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forDiophantine geometry
Generalized Schoenflies conjecture
Artin–Mazur zeta function
Eilenberg–Mazur swindle
Fontaine–Mazur conjecture
Mazur manifold
Mazur's Conjecture B
Mazur's control theorem
Mazur's torsion theorem
AwardsChern Medal (2022)
National Medal of Science (2011)
Chauvenet Prize (1994)
Cole Prize (1982)
Veblen Prize (1966)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorRalph Fox
R. H. Bing
Doctoral students

Barry Charles Mazur (/ˈmzʊr/; born December 19, 1937) is an American mathematician and the Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University.[1] His contributions to mathematics include his contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, Mazur's torsion theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Mazur swindle in geometric topology, and the Mazur manifold in differential topology.

  1. ^ Hoffman, Jascha (2012). "Q&A: The maths raconteur, Barry Mazur". Nature. 483 (7390): 405. doi:10.1038/483405a.