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Ngô Bảo Châu
Proving the fundamental lemma, a central result in the Langlands programme.
Unitary-group case · General proof
- Born
- 28 June 1972
- Birthplace
- Hanoi, Vietnam
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Ngô Bảo Châu
Vietnamese-French mathematician whose work connects geometry, number theory and automorphic forms.
Early life
Academic family
Grew up in Hanoi with a physicist father and physician mother.
Mathematical training
Won two International Mathematical Olympiad gold medals before studying in France.
Career
- 1990s
Research training
Completed doctoral work with Gérard Laumon and began a career in France.
- 2000s
The fundamental lemma
Developed geometric methods that resolved a longstanding mathematical conjecture.
- 2010 onward
Research and institution building
Joined the University of Chicago and helped develop advanced mathematics in Vietnam.
Contributions
Unitary-group case
Worked with Gérard Laumon on a major case of the fundamental lemma.
General proof
Established the fundamental lemma for Lie algebras using geometric methods.
Fields Medal
Received the medal for his work linking the Hitchin fibration and trace formulas.
Beyond mathematics
Vietnamese mathematics
Served as scientific director of the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.
Two national connections
Holds Vietnamese and French citizenship.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Nguyentrongphu. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
