Joseph Oesterlé (born 1954) is a French mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the abc conjecture which has been called "the most important unsolved problem in diophantine analysis".[2][3]
Joseph Oesterlé | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Alsace, France |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University[1] |
| Known for | abc conjecture |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Doctoral students | Loïc Merel |
References
edit- ^ Joseph Oesterlé at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Oesterlé „Travaux de Wiles II“, Seminar Bourbaki 1994/5 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Oesterlé „Nouvelles approches de Theoreme de Fermat“, Seminar Bourbaki 1987/8, abc Conjecture Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maurice Mashaal (2006). Bourbaki: A Secret Society of Mathematicians. AMS. p. 17.
External links
edit- Joseph Oesterlé at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- The ABC conjecture
- Oesterlé on the origin of the abc Conjecture
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