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Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer | |
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 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer at the workshop "Explicit methods in number theory" in Oberwolfach, 2007 | |
| Born | Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer 2 August 1927 |
| Died | 26 December 2018 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture |
| Awards | Pólya Prize (2006) Sylvester Medal (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisors | John Littlewood André Weil |
| Doctoral students | Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène Miles Reid |
Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, KBE, FRS (2 August 1927 – 26 December 2018) was an English mathematician specialising in number theory at the University of Cambridge. As a mathematician he was best known for his part in the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture relating algebraic properties of elliptic curves to special values of L-functions, which was developed with Bryan Birch during the first half of the 1960s with the help of machine computation, and for his work on the Titan operating system.[2]
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003), The International Who's Who 2004, Routledge, ISBN 1-85743-217-7
- ^ "Number theory expert and co-creator of the 'beautiful' Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture". Daily Telegraph. No. 50890. 1 January 2019. p. 31.