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- Born
- 1944-10-03
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Théorie de Hodge, III
- The arithmetic theory of loop groups
- Faisceaux pervers
- These etat
- Theorie des Topos et Cohomologie Etale des Schemas. Seminaire de Geometrie Algebrique du Bois-Marie 1963-1964
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-10-03 ) 3 October 1944 (age 81) , Etterbeek , Belgium
- Education
- Université libre de Bruxelles ( BS ), Paris-Sud University ( MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Proof of the Weil conjectures , Perverse sheaves , Concepts named after Deligne
- Awards
- Abel Prize (2013) , Wolf Prize (2008), Balzan Prize (2004), Crafoord Prize (1988), Fields Medal (1978)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Institute for Advanced Study , Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
- Doctoral advisor
- Alexander Grothendieck
- Doctoral students
- Lê Dũng Tráng , Miles Reid , Michael Rapoport
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Key dates
- Born
- 3 October 1944
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Athénée Adolphe Max
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Noble title
- burgrave
Article
Pierre René, Viscount Deligne ( French: [dəliɲ]; born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 1978 Fields Medal, 1988 Crafoord Prize, 2008 Wolf Prize and 2013 Abel Prize.
Early life and education
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1944 births21st-century Belgian mathematiciansAbel Prize laureatesArithmetic geometersBelgian mathematiciansFields MedalistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesFree University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumniInstitute for Advanced Study facultyInternational members of the American Philosophical Society