Henryk Iwaniec | |
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| Born | October 9, 1947 |
| Citizenship | Poland, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Known for | analytic number theory Friedlander–Iwaniec theorem automorphic forms Sieve theory |
| Awards | Ostrowski Prize (2001) Cole Prize (2002) Steele Prize (2011) Shaw Prize (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Polish Academy of Sciences Institute for Advanced Study Rutgers University University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrzej Schinzel |
| Doctoral students | Étienne Fouvry Harald Helfgott |
Henryk Iwaniec (born October 9, 1947) is a Polish-American mathematician, and since 1987 a professor at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences. He has made important contributions to analytic and algebraic number theory as well as harmonic analysis. He is the recipient of Cole Prize (2002), Steele Prize (2011), and Shaw Prize (2015).