Gérard Laumon
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| Gérard Laumon | |
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| Born |
1952 (age 61–62) Lyon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Paris-Sud 11 University |
| Alma mater |
École Normale Supérieure Paris-Sud 11 University |
| Doctoral advisor | Luc Illusie |
| Doctoral students |
Laurent Lafforgue Ngô Bảo Châu Sophie Morel |
| Known for | Works on Langlands program |
| Notable awards | Clay Research Award (2004) |
Gérard Laumon (French: [lomɔ̃]; born 1952 in Lyon) is a French mathematician. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay.[1]
In 2004 Laumon and Ngô Bảo Châu received the Clay Research Award for the proof of the Langlands and Shelstad's Fundamental Lemma for unitary groups, a key component in the Langlands program in number theory.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
References
- ↑ Gérard Laumon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-27.
External links
- Laumon's CMI lecture
- Audio recording on a lecture at the Field Institute titled "On the fundamental lemma for unitary groups"
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