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Alan Baker
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Alan Baker (1939–2018) was a British mathematician and university teacher who specialized in number theory. Born in London, he received his education at University College London and Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he completed his doctorate under the supervision of Harold Davenport. He served as a member of the Royal Society, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, and Academia Europaea. During his academic career, he was employed by the University of Cambridge and supervised doctoral students including David Masser, John H Coates, and Roger Heath-Brown.
Baker was recognized with the Fields Medal, the Adams Prize, and the title of Fellow of the Royal Society. His scholarly output included works such as *Comprehensive Course in Number Theory* and *Logarithmic Forms and Diophantine Geometry*. He resided in the United Kingdom and died in Cambridge.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-08-19 ) 19 August 1939, London, England
- Died
- 4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) (aged 78), Cambridge , England
- Alma mater
- University College London , University of Cambridge
- Known for
- Number theory , Diophantine equations , Baker's theorem , Baker–Heegner–Stark theorem
- Awards
- Fields Medal (1970), Adams Prize (1972)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Cambridge
- Thesis
- Some Aspects of Diophantine Approximation (1964)
- Doctoral advisor
- Harold Davenport
- Doctoral students
- John Coates , Yuval Flicker , Roger Heath-Brown , David Masser , Cameron Stewart
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Harold Davenport
- Doctoral student
- Roger Heath-Brown
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Alan-Baker.jpg
- Residence
- United Kingdom
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- member of
- European Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1939-08-19
- Erdős number
- 2
- date of death
- 2018-02-04
- name in native language
- Alan Baker
- Commons category
- Alan Baker
- student
- David Masser
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Alan Baker FRS (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory.
Life
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