Alan Baker (mathematician)
Alan Baker | |
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| Born | 19 August 1939 London, England |
| Died | 4 February 2018 (aged 78) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | University College London University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Number theory Diophantine equations Baker's theorem Baker–Heegner–Stark theorem |
| Awards | Fields Medal (1970) Adams Prize (1972) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Some Aspects of Diophantine Approximation (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Davenport |
| Doctoral students | John Coates Yuval Flicker Roger Heath-Brown David Masser Cameron Stewart |
Alan Baker FRS (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory.