André Weil

1906 - 1998

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André Weil was a French mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and number theory.
Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (7 books/articles)

Some Quotations (4)

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. The Weil family
  2. André Weil: Algebraic Geometry
  3. André Weil writes from Rouen prison
  4. Obituary: The Times
  5. Obituary: The New York Times

Honours awarded to André Weil
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Speaker at International Congress1950, 1954
BMC plenary speaker1956
LMS Honorary Member1959
Fellow of the Royal Society1966
Speaker at International Congress1978
Wolf Prize1979
AMS Steele Prize1980

Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. AMS (Special issue of the AMS Notices) [registration required]
  1. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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