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Science & Medicine
Karl Rubin
Who
Karl Rubin · Science & Medicine
What
Number theory; elliptic curves and Iwasawa theory
When
1956, United States
Where
United States
Biography
Karl Rubin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory; elliptic curves and Iwasawa theory
How & why
Karl Rubin is an American number theorist at UC Irvine known for deep results on elliptic curves, Iwasawa theory and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, including early proofs of finiteness of Tate-Shafarevich groups. He is the son of the astronomer Vera Rubin, who came from a Jewish immigrant family, and his Jewish maternal ancestry is documented.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Number theory; elliptic curves and Iwasawa theory
1956
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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