Henryk Iwaniec
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Henryk Iwaniec is a Polish mathematician, and a professor at Rutgers University. He was awarded the fourteenth Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory in 2002.
In 1997, Iwaniec and John Friedlander proved that there are infinitely many prime numbers of the form a2 + b4.[1] To accomplish this, Iwaniec and Friedlander had to develop an "astonishing" new theory of prime numbers, applying the asymptotic sieve to the problem of the distribution of prime numbers for the first time.[1] This result is sometimes known as the Bombieri–Friedlander–Iwaniec theorem.[2]
In 2001 Iwaniec was awarded the seventh Ostrowski Prize.[3] The prize citation read, in part, "Iwaniec's work is characterized by depth, profound understanding of the difficulties of a problem, and unsurpassed technique. He has made deep contributions to the field of analytic number theory, mainly in modular forms on GL(2) and sieve methods."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Primes in Surprising Places"
- ^ D. van Golstein Brouwers, J. Bamberg, G. Cairns, "Totally Goldbach numbers and related conjectures". Australian Mathematical Society Gazette. Vol 31(4) (2004), p. 254. Online version
- ^ a b "Iwaniec, Sarnak, and Taylor Receive Ostrowski Prize"
[edit] External links
- Iwaniec and Friedlander's paper about the parity-sensitive asymptotic sieve
- "Sieving Prime Numbers From Thin Ore". Barry Cipra, Science magazine. Vol. 279. no. 5347, p. 31.
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