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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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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proved and published independently by Sarvadaman Chowla and Louis Mordell
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