Alan Baker

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human mathematician number theorist

Alan Baker was a British mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in number theory, particularly transcendental number theory, for which he received the Fields Medal in 1970.

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Alan Baker canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ number theorist ⓘ
academicDiscipline	pure mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	Adams Prize ⓘ De Morgan Medal ⓘ Fields Medal ⓘ Berwick Prize ⓘ surface form: Senior Berwick Prize Sylvester Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-08-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2018-02-04 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Harold Davenport ⓘ
doctoralStudent	David Masser ⓘ Glyn Harman ⓘ Roger Heath-Brown ⓘ
educatedAt	University College London ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldContribution	development of Baker’s method in Diophantine analysis ⓘ effective bounds for solutions of Diophantine equations ⓘ generalization of Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem methods ⓘ
fieldOfWork	mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ transcendental number theory ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor	Harold Davenport ⓘ
honorificTitle	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
knownFor	applications to Diophantine equations ⓘ results on linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers ⓘ work in transcendental number theory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ
name	Alan Baker self-link ⓘ
notablePublication	Baker theorem on linear forms in logarithms ⓘ surface form: Linear Forms in the Logarithms of Algebraic Numbers Transcendental Number Theory ⓘ
notableWork	Baker theorem on linear forms in logarithms ⓘ surface form: Baker’s theory on linear forms in logarithms contributions to effective methods in Diophantine approximation ⓘ
occupation	researcher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	CAMBRIDGE ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
positionHeld	Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ

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