Peter Sarnak
South African-born mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Clive Sarnak FRS MAE[3] (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities.[1] Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007.[4] He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory.[4] He also sits on the Board of Adjudicators and the selection committee for the Mathematics award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.
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Peter Sarnak | |
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Born | Peter Clive Sarnak (1953-12-18) 18 December 1953 (age 70) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Nationality | South Africa[1] United States[1] |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (BSc) Stanford University (PhD) |
Known for | Systolic geometry Hafner–Sarnak–McCurley constant |
Awards | George Pólya Prize (1998) Ostrowski Prize (2001) Levi L. Conant Prize (2003) Cole Prize (2005) Wolf Prize (2014) Sylvester Medal (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Courant Institute New York University Stanford University Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study |
Thesis | Prime geodesic theorems (1980) |
Doctoral advisor | Paul Cohen[1][2] |
Doctoral students | |
Website | www |
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