Peter Montgomery (mathematician)

American mathematician

Peter Lawrence Montgomery (September 25, 1947 – February 18, 2020) was an American mathematician. He was born in San Francisco, California. He widely published in the more mathematical area in the field of cryptography. He was a researcher in the cryptography group at Microsoft Research. In 1992, he was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles for his work to elliptic curve method of factorization.

Montgomery in 2009

Montgomery died in Thailand on February 18, 2020. He was 72.[1]

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  1. "Peter Lawrence Montgomery, 1947–2020". International Association for Cryptologic Research. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

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