Louis Joel Mordell (1888ΓÇô1972) was an American-born British mathematician specializing in number theory. Born in Philadelphia to a Lithuanian-Jewish family, he spent his career at Cambridge, Manchester, and Birkbeck College. He formulated the Mordell conjecture and did foundational work on Diophantine equations, the geometry of numbers, and modular forms. His name is attached to the MordellΓÇôWeil theorem and the Mordell equation.
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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 - 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for his research in number theory.
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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888-12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for his research in number theory.
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28 January 1888
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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 - 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for his research in number theory.
Mordell-Weil Theorem (Wikipedia)
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The case with A {\displaystyle A} an elliptic curve E {\displaystyle E} and K {\displaystyle K} the field of rational numbers is Mordell's theorem, answering a question apparently posed by Henri Poincaré around 1901; it was proven by Louis Mordell in 1922.
Erdos-Mordell inequality, Wikipedia
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It is named after Paul Erdős and Louis Mordell.
Chowla-Mordell Theorem (Wikipedia)
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It was proved and published independently by Sarvadaman Chowla and Louis Mordell, around 1951.
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proved and published independently by Sarvadaman Chowla and Louis Mordell
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