John Tate (mathematician)
John Torrence Tate Jr. (March 13, 1925 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematician distinguished for many fundamental contributions in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry, and related areas in algebraic geometry. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2010.
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| Born | John Torrence Tate Jr. March 13, 1925 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 2019 (aged 94) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Tate algebra Tate cohomology group Tate conjecture Tate curve Tate duality Tate module Tate pairing Tate twist Tate's algorithm Tate's isogeny theorem Tate's thesis Tate–Shafarevich group Artin–Tate lemma Barsotti–Tate group Birch–Tate conjecture Hodge-Tate module Honda–Tate theorem Koszul–Tate resolution Lubin–Tate formal group law Néron–Tate height Sato-Tate conjecture Serre-Tate theorem Rigid analytic geometry Rigid analytic space |
| Awards | Abel Prize (2010) Wolf Prize (2002/03) Steele Prize (1995) Cole Prize in Number Theory (1956) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University (1950–1953) Columbia University (1953–1954) Harvard University (1954–1990) University of Texas at Austin (1990–2009) |
| Thesis | Fourier Analysis in Number Fields and Hecke's Zeta Functions (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Artin |
| Doctoral students | List of notable students
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