Serge Lang
Serge Lang · Science & Medicine
Number theory and algebra; prolific textbook author
1927, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France — 2005, Berkeley, California, United States
France · United States
Serge Lang is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory and algebra; prolific textbook author
Lang was a French-born American mathematician at Yale University who made contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry and Diophantine analysis, and who was one of the most prolific and influential mathematics textbook authors of the century. He was also a member of the Bourbaki group. He was born into a Jewish family in France and emigrated to the United States as a youth.
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Number theory and algebra; prolific textbook author
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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