Michael Rapoport | |
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Born | 6 October 1948 Berlin |
Nationality | Germany |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Bonn |
Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University |
Doctoral advisor | Pierre Deligne |
Known for | Works on Shimura variety and Langlands program |
Notable awards | Leibniz Prize (1992) Heinz Hopf Prize (2011) |
Michael Rapoport (born 2 October 1948)[1] is a German mathematician.
Rappoport received his Ph.D. from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1976, under the supervision of Pierre Deligne.[2] He currently holds a chair for arithmetic algebraic geometry at the University of Bonn.[3] In 1992 he was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,[4] in 1999 he won the Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize,[5] and he is the recipient of the 2011 Heinz Hopf Prize.[6]
Michael Rapoport is the son of Samuel Mitja Rapoport, and brother of Tom Rapoport, both renowned biochemists.