Peter Scholze

Not to be confused with Peter Scholz.

Peter Scholze
Scholze in 2014
Born (1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 36)
Dresden, East Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Known forIntroduction of perfectoid spaces and diamonds

Prismatic cohomology

Condensed mathematics

Geometrization of the local Langlands conjectures
Children1
AwardsPrix and Cours Peccot (2012)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2013)
Clay Research Award (2014)
Cole Prize (2015)
Fermat Prize (2015)
Ostrowski Prize (2015)
EMS Prize (2016)
Leibniz Prize (2016)
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award (2016)
Fields Medal (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Arithmetic geometry
Algebraic geometry
Algebraic number theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
University of California, Berkeley
Clay Mathematics Institute
ThesisPerfectoid Spaces (2011)
Doctoral advisorMichael Rapoport[1]

Peter Scholze (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃɔltsə] ⓘ; born 11 December 1987[2]) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He has been a professor at the University of Bonn since 2012 and director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 2018. He has been called one of the leading mathematicians in the world.[3][4][5][6] He won the Fields Medal in 2018, which is regarded as the highest professional honor in mathematics.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Peter Scholze at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  2. ^ "Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze". Hausdorff Center for Mathematics. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Mathematiker Peter Scholze (24) nimmt Ruf nach Bonn an – als jüngster deutscher W3-Professor". Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (in German). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Leibniz Prize 2016: Professor Dr. Peter Scholze". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ^ Klarreich, Erica (1 August 2018). "A Master of Numbers and Shapes Who Is Rewriting Arithmetic". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ Kaschel, Helena (23 July 2016). "Don't call me a prodigy: the rising stars of European mathematics". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. ^ Ball, Philip (12 August 2014). "Iranian is first woman to nab highest prize in maths". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2014.15686. S2CID 180573813. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Fields Medal". School of Mathematics and Statistics – University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Fields Medal". The University of Chicago. Retrieved 29 March 2018.