Laurent Lafforgue

Laurent Lafforgue (born November 6, 1966) is a French mathematician.

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November 6 - 1966 - French - Mathematician

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Born in Antony, France. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1986. In 1994 he received his Ph.D. in the Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry team at the Université de Paris-Sud. Currently he is a research director of CNRS, detached as permanent professor of mathematics at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (I.H.E.S) in Bures-sur-Yvette, France.

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Antony - France - École Normale Supérieure - 1986 - 1994 - Ph.D. - Arithmetic - Algebraic Geometry - Université de Paris-Sud - CNRS - Mathematics - I.H.E.S - Bures-sur-Yvette

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In 2002 at the 24th International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing, China he received the Fields Medal together with Vladimir Voevodsky. Lafforgue made outstanding contributions to Langlands program in the fields of number theory and analysis.

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2002 - Beijing - China - Fields Medal - Vladimir Voevodsky - Langlands program - Number theory - Analysis

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The crucial contribution by Lafforgue to solve this question is the construction of compactifications of certain varieties of modules. The proof, which is monumental, is the result of more than six years of concentrated efforts.

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