Serge Lang was a French-American mathematician and activist who taught at Yale University for most of his career. He is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He received the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in 1960 and was a member of the Bourbaki group.
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Henri LebesgueAlso won Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award
Ingrid DaubechiesAlso won Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Shigefumi MoriAlso won Cole Prize in Algebra
Elias M. SteinAlso won Humboldt Prize
Oscar ZariskiAlso won Cole Prize in Algebra
Lars HörmanderAlso won Steele Prize for Mathematical ExpositionAbout this person
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FranceCategory
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1927 to 2005 · aged 78
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