André Weil

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André Weil was a prominent 20th-century French mathematician known for foundational contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, and the development of the Weil conjectures.

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instanceOf French mathematician
human
mathematician
awardReceived Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory
surface form: Cole Prize in Number Theory

National Medal of Science
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1906-05-06
dateOfDeath 1998-08-06
doctoralAdvisor Jacques Hadamard
educatedAt Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris

École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Aligarh Muslim University
Institute for Advanced Study
University of Chicago
University of Strasbourg
surface form: Université de Strasbourg

University of São Paulo
surface form: Université de São Paulo
familyName Weil
fieldOfWork algebra
algebraic geometry
mathematics
number theory
representation theory
topology
givenName André
hasAcademicDiscipline arithmetic geometry
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bourbaki school of mathematics
surface form: Bourbaki

Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Nicolas Bourbaki
Royal Society
notableConcept Weil cohomology
Weil divisor
Weil group
Weil height
Weil pairing
Weil representation
Weil restriction
notableWork Adeles and Algebraic Groups
Basic Number Theory
Foundations of Algebraic Geometry
L’intégration dans les groupes topologiques et ses applications
Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre
Sur les courbes algébriques et les variétés qui s’en déduisent
Weil conjectures
occupation university teacher
placeOfBirth France
Paris
placeOfDeath New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Princeton
United States of America
sexOrGender male
sibling Simone Weil

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Hermann Weyl notableStudent André Weil
Élie Cartan notableStudent André Weil
School of Mathematics employerOf André Weil
Simone Weil sibling André Weil
Weyl doctoralStudent André Weil
subject surface form: Hermann Weyl
Chern–Weil theory namedAfter André Weil
Weil hasNotableBearer André Weil
Weil conjectures namedAfter André Weil
Weil conjectures formulatedBy André Weil
Basic Number Theory author André Weil
Adeles and Algebraic Groups author André Weil
Weil group introducedBy André Weil
Weil group namedAfter André Weil
Weil divisor namedAfter André Weil
Weil cohomology associatedWith André Weil
Weil pairing namedAfter André Weil
Weil representation introducedBy André Weil
Robert Langlands influencedBy André Weil
Nicolas Bourbaki hasMember André Weil
Jean Dieudonné coAuthorWith André Weil
L-functions studiedBy André Weil
subject surface form: L-function