Jerrold Bates Tunnell (1950 to 2022) was an American mathematician who worked in number theory. He was born in Dallas, Texas, on September 16, 1950, graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1972 and went on to Harvard University, where his 1977 thesis, written under John Tate, was titled On the Local Langlands Conjecture for GL(2). He spent his career as an associate professor of mathematics at Rutgers University. His name is attached to two results, the Langlands-Tunnell theorem and Tunnell's theorem, and he was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. He died in Texas on April 1, 2022.
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(September 16, 1950, April 1, 2022)
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He was an associate professor of mathematics at Rutgers University.
In Branch: Number Theory, Lead, field
was a mathematician known for his work in number theory
Mentored By: John Tate, Early life and education
was advised by John Tate
Principal Result: Tunnell's Theorem, Research
He proved Tunnell's theorem in 1983
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