Barry Mazur
American mathematician · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1937 · age 88
Barry Charles Mazur is an American mathematician and the Gerhard Gade university professor at Harvard University.
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His contributions to mathematics include his contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, Mazur's torsion theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Mazur swindle in geometric topology, and the Mazur manifold in differential topology.
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Peter SarnakBoth received Cole Prize in Number Theory
Clifford TaubesBoth received Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
Doron ZeilbergerBoth received Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
Benedict GrossBoth received Cole Prize in Number TheoryGeorge MostowBoth received Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
Yakov EliashbergBoth received Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry