Pierre Deligne Scientist

Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (French: [dəliɲ]; born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician. He is known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 2013 Abel Prize, 2008 Wolf Prize, and 1978 Fields Medal, making him one of four mathematicians to achieve this (along with John Milnor, Jean-Pierre Serre, and John G. Thompson).

Personal facts

Pierre Deligne
Birth dateOctober 03, 1944
Birth place
Belgium , Brussels , Etterbeek
Nationality
Belgium
Education
Université libre de Bruxelles
Known for
Weil conjectures

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Scientist

awards
Fields Medal
Abel Prize
Crafoord Prize
Wolf Prize
Balzan Prize
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics

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External resources

  1. http://homepage.univie.ac.at/christian.stump/Deligne_Looijenga_Letter_09-03-1974.pdf
  2. http://mathoverflow.net/questions/81739/delignes-letter-to-jean-pierre-serre
  3. http://web.math.princeton.edu/~nmk/old%7c/katzWorkofPDicm1978.pdf
  4. http://www.ias.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/deligne
  5. http://www.math.ias.edu/~jaredw/DeligneLetterToPiatetskiShapiro.pdf
  6. http://www.numdam.org/item?id=PMIHES_1974__43__273_0
  7. http://www.numdam.org/item?id=PMIHES_1980__52__137_0