Enrico Bombieri | |
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Born | Milan, Italy | 26 November 1940
Alma mater | University of Milan Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Determinant method Large sieve method in analytic number theory Bombieri-Lang conjecture Bombieri norm Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem "Heights" in Diophantine geometry Siegel's lemma for bases (Bombieri–Vaaler) Partial differential equations |
Awards | 1966, Caccioppoli Prize[1] 1974, Fields Medal 1976, Feltrinelli Prize 1980, Balzan Prize 2006, Pythagoras Prize[2] 2008, Joseph L. Doob Prize[3][4] 2010, King Faisal International Prize 2020, Crafoord Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
Doctoral advisor | Giovanni Ricci |
Doctoral students | Umberto Zannier |
Enrico Bombieri (born 26 November 1940) is an Italian mathematician, known for his work in analytic number theory, Diophantine geometry, complex analysis, and group theory.[5] Bombieri is currently professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[6] Bombieri won the Fields Medal in 1974[5] for his work on the large sieve and its application to the distribution of prime numbers.[7]