Shinichi Mochizuki | |
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Born | [1] | March 29, 1969
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Known for | Anabelian geometry Inter-universal Teichmüller theory |
Awards | JSPS Prize, Japan Academy Medal[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Kyoto University |
Doctoral advisor | Gerd Faltings |
Shinichi Mochizuki (望月 新一, Mochizuki Shin'ichi, born March 29, 1969) is a Japanese mathematician working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He is one of the main contributors to anabelian geometry. His contributions include his solution of the Grothendieck conjecture in anabelian geometry about hyperbolic curves over number fields. Mochizuki has also worked in Hodge–Arakelov theory and p-adic Teichmüller theory. Mochizuki developed inter-universal Teichmüller theory,[2][3][4][5] which has attracted attention from non-mathematicians due to claims it provides a resolution of the abc conjecture.[6]