Gerd Faltings | |
|---|---|
 Faltings in 2005 | |
| Born | 28 July 1954 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
| Known for | |
| Awards | Fields Medal (1986) Guggenheim Fellowship (1988) Leibniz Prize (1996) King Faisal International Prize (2014) Shaw Prize (2015) Cantor Medal (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Mathematics University of Bonn Princeton University University of Wuppertal |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans-Joachim Nastold |
| Doctoral students | |
| Website | www |
Gerd Faltings (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈfaltɪŋs] ; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.[3][4]
- ^ Castelvecchi, Davide (7 October 2015). "The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof". Nature. 526 (7572): 178–181. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..178C. doi:10.1038/526178a. PMID 26450038.
- ^ Gerd Faltings at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gerd Faltings", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- ^ Gerd Faltings at the Mathematics Genealogy Project