André Weil

For the English mathematician, see Andrew Wiles.

André Weil
Weil in 1968
Born(1906-05-06)6 May 1906
Paris, France
Died6 August 1998(1998-08-06) (aged 92)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Education
Known for
List
  • Bergman–Weil formula
  • Borel–Weil theorem
  • Chern–Weil homomorphism
  • Chern–Weil theory
  • De Rham–Weil theorem
  • Weil's explicit formula
  • Hasse–Weil Bound
  • Hasse–Weil zeta function
  • Hasse–Weil L-function
  • Mordell–Weil group
  • Mordell–Weil theorem
  • Oka–Weil theorem
  • Siegel–Weil formula
  • Shafarevich–Weil theorem
  • Taniyama–Shimura–Weil conjecture
  • Weil algebra
  • Weil–Brezin Map
  • Weil–Châtelet group
  • Weil cohomology
  • Weil conjectures
  • Weil conjecture on Tamagawa numbers
  • Weil's criterion
  • Weil–Deligne group scheme
  • Weil distribution
  • Weil divisor
  • Weil group
  • Weil height
  • Weil number
  • Weil pairing
  • Weil–Petersson metric
  • Weil reciprocity law
  • Weil representation
  • Weil restriction
Awards
  • Wolf Prize (1979)
  • Leroy P. Steele Prize (1980)
  • Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1980)
  • Kyoto Prize (1994)
  • ForMemRS (1966)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
  • Lehigh University
  • Universidade de São Paulo (1945–47)
  • University of Chicago (1947–58)
  • Institute for Advanced Study
Doctoral advisor
  • Jacques Hadamard
  • Charles Émile Picard
Doctoral students

André Weil (/veɪ/;[3] French: [ɑ̃dʁe vɛj]; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry.[4] He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His influence is due both to his original contributions to a remarkably broad spectrum of mathematical theories, and to the mark he left on mathematical practice and style, through some of his own works as well as through the Bourbaki group, of which he was one of the principal founders.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference frs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ André Weil at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ "Weil". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  4. ^ Horgan, J (1994). "Profile: Andre Weil – The Last Universal Mathematician". Scientific American. 270 (6): 33–34. Bibcode:1994SciAm.270f..33H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0694-33.
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