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Jean-Pierre Albert Achille Serre is a French mathematician, university teacher, and researcher born on 15 September 1926 in Bages. He works in algebraic geometry, algebra, number theory, and topology. Serre was educated at the University of Paris and the École Normale Supérieure. His doctoral advisor was Henri Cartan. He has served as a chairperson and held positions at the Collège de France, the National Center for Scientific Research, and Nancy-Université. He resides in Paris and speaks French and English.
Serre is a member of the Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Fields medal, the CNRS Gold medal, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and honorary degrees. His notable work includes Serre's modularity conjecture. He is also recognized in the Royal Society, American Academy Arts Sciences, Fields Medal, and Abel Prize collections. His doctoral students include Jean-Marc Fontaine, Michel Broué, and Pierre Gabriel.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 September 1926
- Works
- 80
Top works
- Correspondance Serre-Tate
- Rational points on curves over finite fields
- Prospects in mathematics
- Prospects in Mathematics. (AM-70), Volume 70
- Geometry and number theory
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-09-15 ) 15 September 1926 (age 99) , Bages , Pyrénées-Orientales , France
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure University of Paris
- Known for
- ( List of things named after Jean-Pierre Serre )
- Awards
- Fields Medal (1954) ForMemRS (1974) Balzan Prize (1985) CNRS Gold medal (1987) Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (1995) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2000) Abel Prize (2003)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Collège de France
- Thesis
- Homologie singulière des espaces fibrés (1951)
- Doctoral advisor
- Henri Cartan
- Doctoral students
- Michel Broué Jean-Marc Fontaine Pierre Gabriel
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Described at
C.V. de Jean-Pierre Serre - Membre de l'Acad�mie des sciences
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean-Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bages
- Child
- Claudine Monteil
- Occupation
- researcher
- Position held
- chairperson
- Employer
- Nancy-Université
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Henri Cartan
- Field of work
- algebraic number theory
- Official website
- www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-pierre-serre/biographie.htm
- Image
- Jean-Pierre Serre (2009) cropped.jpg
- Residence
- Paris
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- member of
- American Mathematical Society
- Commons category
- Jean-Pierre Serre
- date of birth
- 1926-09-15
- Erdős number
- 2
- name in native language
- Jean-Pierre Serre
- described at URL
- www.academie-sciences.fr/pdf/membre/SerreJP_bio150311.pdf
- birth name
- Jean-Pierre Albert Achille Serre
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean-Pierre Serre ( French: [sɛʁ]; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954 and the inaugural Abel Prize in 2003.
Biography
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