Szpiro at the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
Born
(1941-12-23)23 December 1941
Paris, France
Died
18 April 2020(2020-04-18) (aged 78)
Paris, France
Nationality
French
Alma mater
Paris-Sud University
Known for
Szpiro's conjecture
Awards
Prix Doistau–Blutel (1987) Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012) Member of the Academia Europaea
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
CUNY Graduate Center French National Centre for Scientific Research
Doctoral advisor
Pierre Samuel
Doctoral students
Ahmed Abbes Emmanuel Ullmo Shou-Wu Zhang
Lucien Szpiro (23 December 1941 – 18 April 2020) was a French mathematician known for his work in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and commutative algebra. He formulated Szpiro's conjecture and was a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and an emeritus Director of Research [fr] at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
LucienSzpiro (23 December 1941 – 18 April 2020) was a French mathematician known for his work in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and commutative...
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conjecture—a version of the abc conjecture involving n > 2 integers. LucienSzpiro proposed a solution in 2007, but it was found to be incorrect shortly...
the theory of positive line bundles by Zhang (1993, 1995a, 1995b) and LucienSzpiro, Emmanuel Ullmo, and Zhang (1997) culminated in a proof of the Bogomolov...
control. He died in Paris in August 2009. His doctoral students include LucienSzpiro and Daniel Lazard. In 1958 he was an invited speaker (Relations d'équivalence...
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doctorate from Paris-Sud University in 1995 under the supervision of LucienSzpiro, with the thesis Théorie d'Arakelov et courbes modulaires on Arakelov...
Institut des Hautes Études scientifiques. Ullmowrote his thesis under LucienSzpiro at the University of Paris-Sud in 1993. Ullmo was appointed a professor...
Michel (1985). "Hauteurs et isogénies" [Heights and isogenies]. In Szpiro, Lucien (ed.). Séminaire sur les pinceaux arithmétiques: la conjecture de Mordell...