Pierre Deligne
Pierre René, Viscount Deligne 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.
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- Born in
- Etterbeek
- Educated at
- University of Paris-SudFree University of BrusselsAthénée Adolphe MaxUniversité libre de Bruxelles
- Awards
- 🏆 Abel Prize🏆 Balzan Prize
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Alexander Grothendieck
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Michael Rapoport📖 Miles Reid
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1944
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