Lucien Szpiro
French mathematician (1941–2020)
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 | 23 December 1941 Paris, France |
| Died | 18 April 2020 (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University |
| Known for | Szpiro's conjecture |
| Awards | Prix Doistau-Blutel (1987)Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012)Member of the Academia Europaea |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | City University of New YorkCNRS |
| Doctoral advisor | Pierre Samuel Maurice Auslander |
| Doctoral students | Emmanuel 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]
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- "Short biography". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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