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Noam Elkies

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Noam Elkies · Science & Medicine

What

Number theory; elliptic curves and counterexamples to Euler's conjecture

When

1966, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Noam Elkies is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory; elliptic curves and counterexamples to Euler's conjecture

How & why

Noam Elkies is a mathematician at Harvard, where he became the youngest tenured professor in the university's history, known for work in number theory including elliptic curves and for finding counterexamples to Euler's sum-of-powers conjecture. He is also a noted composer and chess problemist. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Number theory; elliptic curves and counterexamples to Euler's conjecture

1966

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics