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Gerd Faltings
Mathematician

Gerd Faltings

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Proving the Mordell conjecture in arithmetic geometry.

Mordell conjecture · Mordell–Lang conjecture

Born
28 July 1954
Birthplace
Unknown

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Gerd Faltings

Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician whose work connects geometry with the study of equations over number fields.

Early life

University studies

Studied mathematics and physics at Münster and completed his doctorate in 1978.

Career

  1. 1982–1984

    Wuppertal

    Held a professorship.

  2. 1985–1994

    Princeton

    Worked in the university’s mathematics department.

  3. 1986

    Fields Medal

    Received the award for major arithmetic-geometric results.

  4. 1994–2018

    Bonn

    Directed the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

  5. 2026

    Abel Prize

    Received the award for tools and results in arithmetic geometry.

Contributions

Mordell conjecture

Proved a finiteness theorem for rational points on curves.

Mordell–Lang conjecture

Extended the study of Diophantine equations.

Beyond work

Family

Married Angelika Tschimmel in 1984.

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