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Science & Medicine
Nicholas Katz
Who
Nicholas Katz · Science & Medicine
What
Arithmetic algebraic geometry; monodromy
When
1943, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Where
United States
Biography
Nicholas Katz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Arithmetic algebraic geometry; monodromy
How & why
A professor at Princeton University, Katz works in arithmetic algebraic geometry, especially p-adic methods, monodromy and moduli. His deep results on how geometric families vary (monodromy) connect geometry to number theory, and he was an important sounding board for Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. He is documented among Jewish mathematicians.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Arithmetic algebraic geometry; monodromy
1943
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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