Fields Medal (1986) Guggenheim Fellowship (1988) Leibniz Prize (1996) King Faisal International Prize (2014) Shaw Prize (2015) Cantor Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics University of Bonn Princeton University University of Wuppertal
Doctoral advisor
Hans-Joachim Nastold
Doctoral students
Michael J. Larsen
Shinichi Mochizuki[1]
Wiesława Nizioł[2]
Nikolai Durov
Website
www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/people/profile/gerd-faltings/
Gerd Faltings (German pronunciation:[ɡɛʁtˈfaltɪŋs]ⓘ; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.[3][4]
^Castelvecchi, Davide (7 October 2015). "The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof". Nature. 526 (7572): 178–181. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..178C. doi:10.1038/526178a. PMID 26450038.
^Gerd Faltings at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gerd Faltings", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
^Gerd Faltings at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
GerdFaltings (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈfaltɪŋs] ; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. From 1972...
thesis, titled "Curves and their deformations," under the supervision of GerdFaltings. He remained at Princeton for graduate studies and received his Ph.D...
of Bonn, he obtained in 2007 a second PhD under the supervision of GerdFaltings with his thesis on singular Arakelov geometry. Durov introduced commutative...
known in the case of function fields, in the case of number fields. GerdFaltings (1984) extended Arakelov's work by establishing results such as a Riemann-Roch...
between rings and their fields of fractions. They were introduced by GerdFaltings (1988) in his study of p-adic Hodge theory. Let V be a local integral...
conjectures relating number theory and representation theory. 1983 — GerdFaltings proves the Mordell conjecture and thereby shows that there are only...
compact form some of the previous fundamental theories pioneered by GerdFaltings, Jean-Marc Fontaine and later by Kiran Kedlaya. His PhD thesis on perfectoid...
and shadows of Hodge theory", in Werner Ballmann; Christian Blohmann; GerdFaltings; Peter Teichner; Don Zagier (eds.), Arbeitstagung Bonn 2013: In Memory...
Prize in Mathematics: Simon Donaldson, GerdFaltings and Michael Freedman Nobel Prizes Physics – Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer Chemistry – Dudley...
field side. The development of Arakelov theory and its exploitation by GerdFaltings in his proof of the Mordell conjecture is a dramatic example. The analogy...
algebraic numbers. The Mordell conjecture (already proven in general by GerdFaltings). As equivalent, Vojta's conjecture in dimension 1. The Erdős–Woods...
5 million per award. Past prize winners include Stefan Hell (2008), GerdFaltings (1996), Peter Gruss (1994), Svante Pääbo (1992), Theodor W. Hänsch (1989)...
Retrieved 8 October 2022. "Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences Awarded to GerdFaltings". Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. Archived from the original on...
heights in Arakelov theory. In 1983, Faltings developed his theory of Faltings heights in his proof of Faltings's theorem. Classical or naive height is...
Hirzebruch and Yuri Manin were, and Günter Harder, Werner Ballmann, GerdFaltings and Don Zagier are, acting as emeriti. The Max Planck Institute for...
Research Center in Heidelberg Heinrich Breloer (born 1942), film director GerdFaltings (born 1954), mathematician, Fields medalist (1986) Susanne Neumann (1959–2019)...
associated with the department include Manjul Bhargava, Charles Fefferman, GerdFaltings, Michael Freedman, Elon Lindenstrauss, Andrei Okounkov, Terence Tao...
Grothendieck (1997) in a 1983 letter to GerdFaltings. Grothendieck, Alexander (1997), "Brief an G. Faltings", in Schneps, Leila; Lochak, Pierre (eds...
1954), politician (CDU), former Minister of Defense and of the Interior GerdFaltings (born 1954), mathematician, Fields Medal winner Olaf Manthey (born 1955)...
computations in "Computable and Uncomputable" (in Russian)). 1983 – GerdFaltings proves the Mordell conjecture and thereby shows that there are only...
four-space which is different from the usual structure."[dubious – discuss] GerdFaltings Princeton University, US Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Germany...
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