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Peter Scholze is a mathematician and university teacher, born in Dresden on 11 December 1987, a citizen of Germany. He was educated at the University of Bonn, where he also works, and is employed by the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and the Clay Mathematics Institute. His doctoral advisor was Michael Rapoport, and his field of work spans algebraic geometry and number theory.
Scholze is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and has received the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, the Clay Research Award, the Ostrowski Prize, and the Fermat Prize. He took part in the International Mathematical Olympiad, speaks German and English, and has one child.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1987-12-11 ) 11 December 1987 (age 38) , Dresden , East Germany
- Alma mater
- University of Bonn
- Known for
- Introduction of perfectoid spaces and diamonds Prismatic cohomology Condensed mathematics Geometrization of the local Langlands conjectures
- Awards
- Prix and Cours Peccot (2012) SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2013) Clay Research Award (2014) Cole Prize (2015) Fermat Prize (2015) Ostrowski Prize (2015) EMS Prize (2016) Leibniz Prize (2016) Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award (2016) Fields Medal (2018)
- Fields
- Mathematics Arithmetic geometry Algebraic geometry Algebraic number theory
- Institutions
- University of Bonn Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Academy of Sciences Leopoldina University of California, Berkeley Clay Mathematics Institute
- Thesis
- Perfectoid Spaces (2011)
- Doctoral advisor
- Michael Rapoport
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Participant in
- International Mathematical Olympiad
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Michael Rapoport
- Field of work
- number theory
- Official website
- www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/scholze
- Image
- Peter Scholze (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Bonn
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- date of birth
- 1987-12-11
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- Peter Scholze
- name in native language
- Peter Scholze
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Scholze ( German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃɔltsə] ; born 11 December 1987) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He has been a professor in the University of Bonn since 2012 and co-director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 2018. He has been called one of the leading mathematicians in the world. In 2018, he won the Fields Medal, an award regarded as the highest professional honor in mathematics.
Early life and education
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