André Weil Scientist

André Weil (/veɪ/; French: [ɑ̃dʁe vɛj]; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was a founding member and the de facto early leader of the influential Bourbaki group. The philosopher Simone Weil was his sister.

Personal facts

André Weil
Birth dateMay 06, 1906
Birth place
Paris , France
Date of deathAugust 06, 1998
Place of death
Princeton New Jersey
Education
École Normale Supérieure
University of Paris
Known for
Algebraic geometry
Number theory

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Scientist

awards
Royal Society
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
doctoral advisor
Émile Picard
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics

André Weil on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books/about/At_Home_with_André_and_Simone_Weil.html?id=OdeDlT9-GBUC
  2. http://books.google.com/books/about/Elliptic_Functions_According_to_Eisenste.html?id=voR95sDdb_MC
  3. http://books.google.com/books/about/Number_Theory.html?id=XSV0hDFj3loC
  4. http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Apprenticeship_of_a_Mathematician.html?id=73REHmJ9JNUC
  5. http://books.google.com/books?id=ML7u26rkEkIC
  6. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-5572(199307)2%3A77%3A479%3C261%3AAWSD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
  7. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805EFD6143FF930A35752C0A96F958260
  8. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E6DA1F3BF933A2575BC0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
  9. http://www.ams.org/images/weil-photo.gif
  10. http://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1993-28-01/S0273-0979-1993-00337-9/S0273-0979-1993-00337-9.pdf