Bryan Birch

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Bryan Birch is a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to number theory, particularly as a co-formulator of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
affiliation Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford NERFINISHED
awardReceived De Morgan Medal NERFINISHED
Senior Whitehead Prize NERFINISHED
Sylvester Medal NERFINISHED
coAuthor Peter Swinnerton-Dyer NERFINISHED
coAuthorOf Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture NERFINISHED
contributedTo conjectures relating L-functions and arithmetic invariants
theory of elliptic curves
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
doctoralStudent John H. Coates NERFINISHED
Nigel Boston NERFINISHED
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer NERFINISHED
educatedAt Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer University of Oxford
fieldOfWork algebraic number theory
arithmetic geometry
number theory
gender male
givenName Bryan NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline mathematics
hasAcademicRank professor
influenced development of arithmetic geometry
research in modern number theory
knownFor Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
name Bryan Birch NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor foundational contributions to number theory
notableStudent John H. Coates NERFINISHED
Nigel Boston NERFINISHED
notableWork paper formulating the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
positionHeld professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford
researchInterest L-functions
elliptic curves
modular forms
residence United Kingdom
workplace University of Oxford NERFINISHED

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