Joseph Oesterlé Scientist

Joseph Oesterlé (born 1954) is a French mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the abc conjecture in 1985. It is perhaps the most important unsolved problem in diophantine analysis.

Personal facts

Joseph Oesterlé
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1954
Birth place
Alsace
Education
University of Paris-Sud
Known for
Abc conjecture

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Scientist

doctoral student
Alain Kraus
Field of study
Mathematics

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External resources

  1. http://www.math.unicaen.fr/~nitaj/abc.html