Andre Weil was a French mathematician, born on 6 May 1906 and died on 6 August 1998, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His influence came both from his original contributions to a remarkably broad range of mathematical theories and from the mark he left on mathematical practice and style, through his own works and through the Bourbaki group, of which he was one of the principal founders.
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was a French mathematician
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his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry
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was a French mathematician
Principal Result: Weil Conjectures, Article text
The so-called Weil conjectures were hugely influential from around 1950; these statements were later proved by Bernard Dwork, Alexander Grothendieck, Michael Artin, and finally by Pierre Deligne, who completed the most difficult step in 1973.
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number theory
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algebraic geometry
- Mentored By: Jacques Hadamard, Infobox, doctoral advisor or academic advisors
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Jaap Murre (Wikipedia)
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With the Italian school of algebraic geometry being in fashion he was inspired by his promotor to do doctoral research under André Weil at the University of Chicago, which he was able to do because of the Marshall Plan.
Élisabeth Lutz (Wikipedia)
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Lutz was a student of André Weil at the University of Strasbourg, from 1934 to 1938.
Mordell-Weil Theorem (Wikipedia)
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In mathematics, the Mordell-Weil theorem states that for an abelian variety
Empty Set (Wikipedia)
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The latter two symbols were introduced by the Bourbaki group (specifically André Weil) in 1939, inspired by the letter Ø (U+00D8 Ø LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE) in the Danish and Norwegian alphabets
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