Gerd Faltings

Gerd Faltings
Gerd Faltings
	Faltings in 2005
Born	28 July 1954; Gelsenkirchen-Buer, West Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Münster
Known for	Almost ring; Faltings's theorem; Faltings height; Faltings's product theorem;
Awards	Fields Medal (1986); Guggenheim Fellowship (1988); Leibniz Prize (1996); King Faisal International Prize (2014) ; Shaw Prize (2015) ; Cantor Medal (2017)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Max Planck Institute for Mathematics; University of Bonn; Princeton University; University of Wuppertal
Doctoral advisor	Hans-Joachim Nastold
Doctoral students	Michael J. Larsen; Shinichi Mochizuki; Wiesława Nizioł; Nikolai Durov;
Website	www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/people/profile/gerd-faltings/

Gerd Faltings (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈfaltɪŋs] ^ⓘ; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.

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