Gérard Laumon
| Gérard Laumon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
1952 (age 62–63) 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 | Work on Langlands program |
| Notable awards | Clay Research Award (2004) |
Gérard Laumon (French: [lomɔ̃]; born 1952) is a French mathematician, best known for being awarded the Clay Research Award for his results in number theory.
Life and work
He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay.[1] He was awarded the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1987, and the E. Dechelle prize of the French Academy of the Sciences in 1992.[2]
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 component in the Langlands program in number theory.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]
Awards
- Clay Research Award
- CNRS Silver Medal
- E. Dechelle prize of the French Academy of Sciences
References
- ↑ Gérard Laumon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ 2004 Clay Institute Annual report, available at http://www2.maths.ox.ac.uk/cmi/library/annual_report/ar2004/04report_clayaward.pdf
- ↑ 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"