Klaus Roth

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human mathematician number theorist

Klaus Roth was a German-born British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly his proof of Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1958.

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Klaus Roth canonical	4
Klaus Friedrich Roth	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ number theorist ⓘ
awardReceived	Adams Prize ⓘ De Morgan Medal ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellowship of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fields Medal ⓘ Fields Medal 1958 ⓘ De Morgan Medal ⓘ surface form: London Mathematical Society De Morgan Medal Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics ⓘ surface form: London Mathematical Society Naylor Prize Pólya Prize (LMS) ⓘ surface form: London Mathematical Society Pólya Prize Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society ⓘ surface form: London Mathematical Society Senior Berwick Prize London Mathematical Society Senior Whitehead Prize ⓘ Berwick Prize ⓘ surface form: Senior Berwick Prize Sylvester Medal ⓘ
citizenship	Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1925-10-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2015-11-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	St Paul's School, London ⓘ University College London ⓘ
employer	Imperial College London ⓘ University College London ⓘ
familyName	Roth ⓘ
fieldOfWork	mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Klaus ⓘ
knownFor	Roth theorem ⓘ surface form: Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation contributions to additive number theory ⓘ work on Diophantine approximation ⓘ work on irregularities of distribution ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOf	London Mathematical Society ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ
name	Klaus Roth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Klaus Friedrich Roth
notableWork	Roth theorem ⓘ surface form: Roth's theorem on Diophantine approximation Roth theorem ⓘ surface form: Roth's theorem on three-term arithmetic progressions results on irregularities of distribution ⓘ
occupation	university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Breslau ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Inverness ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of pure mathematics at Imperial College London ⓘ professor of pure mathematics at University College London ⓘ

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