Christopher Hooley
Christopher Hooley FRS FLSW (7 August 1928 – 13 December 2018) was a British mathematician, professor of mathematics at Cardiff University.
Christopher Hooley | |
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| Born | 7 August 1928 |
| Died | 13 December 2018 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Adams Prize (1972) Senior Berwick Prize (1980) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Cardiff University |
| Doctoral advisor | Albert Ingham |
He did his PhD under the supervision of Albert Ingham. He won the Adams Prize of Cambridge University in 1973. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1983. He was also a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
He showed that the Hasse principle holds for non-singular cubic forms in at least nine variables.
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