Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur · Science & Medicine
Number theory and arithmetic geometry; foundational to Fermat's proof
1937, New York City, United States
United States
Barry Mazur is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory and arithmetic geometry; foundational to Fermat's proof
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician at Harvard whose work in topology, number theory and arithmetic geometry has been deeply influential; his theorems on Galois representations and modular curves provided essential tools for Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. He received the National Medal of Science in 2011. Mazur was born into a Jewish family in New York City.
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Number theory and arithmetic geometry; foundational to Fermat's proof
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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