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André Weil (1906–1998) was a male author associated with Germany. His written works include *L'arithmétique sur les courbes algébriques*, *Discontinuous Subgroups of Classical groups*, *Foundations of Algebraic Geometry*, and *Algebras with involutions and the classical groups*. He is also credited with the work *Diamaches gia tēn historia tōn archaiōn hellēnikōn mathēmatikōn*.
Weil’s bibliography comprises 77 works, while a separate record lists five publications. He has an Erdős number of 4. His writings are referenced by 390 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, he is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
A quote attributed to Weil states: "God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it."
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-05-06 ) 6 May 1906, Paris, France
- Died
- 6 August 1998 (1998-08-06) (aged 92), Princeton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- University of Paris École Normale Supérieure
- Awards
- Wolf Prize (1979) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1980) Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1980) Kyoto Prize (1994) ForMemRS (1966)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Lehigh University Universidade de São Paulo (1945–47) University of Chicago (1947–58) Institute for Advanced Study
- Doctoral advisor
- Jacques Hadamard Charles Émile Picard
- Doctoral students
- Pierre Cartier Harley Flanders William A. Howard Teruhisa Matsusaka Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Alexandre Augusto Martins Rodrigues
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abraham
- Family name
- Weil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Child
- Sylvie Weil
- Sibling
- Simone Weil
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Employer
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Languages spoken
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Charles Émile Picard
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- André Weil, 1968 (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1906-05-06
- date of death
- 1998-08-06
- Erdős number
- 4
- Commons category
- André Weil
- name in native language
- André Weil
- place of detention
- Helsinki
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- birth name
- André Abraham Weil
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P12749
- Davide Antonio Fossati
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Article · Italiano
André Weil (Parigi, 6 maggio 1906 – Princeton, 6 agosto 1998) è stato un matematico francese, tra i maggiori del XX secolo, noto per essere stato uno degli iniziatori del gruppo Bourbaki.
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