Lucien Szpiro

Lucien Szpiro (23 December 1941 – 18 April 2020)[1] was a French mathematician. He was known for his work in number theory, arithmetic algebraic geometry, and commutative algebra. He was a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center. He helped create Szpiro's conjecture.

Lucien Szpiro
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Born(1941-12-23)23 December 1941
Paris, France
Died18 April 2020(2020-04-18) (aged 78)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materParis-Sud 11 University
Known forSzpiro's conjecture
AwardsPrix Doistau-Blutel (1987)
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012)
Member of the Academia Europaea
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsCity University of New York
CNRS
Doctoral studentsEmmanuel Ullmo
Shou-Wu Zhang

In 2014, he was made a member of the Academia Europaea.

Szpiro died on 18 April 2020 from heart failure in Paris, aged 78.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lucien Szpiro 1941-2020 | Not Even Wrong".

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