Aleksei Parshin

Aleksei Parshin
Aleksei Parshin
Алексей Паршин
	Parshin in 2005
Born	7 November 1942; Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	18 June 2022 (aged 79); Moscow, Russian Federation
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Known for	Parshin chain; Parshin's conjecture; Parshin's trick;
Awards	Humboldt Prize (1996); Vinogradov Prize (2004); Chebyshev Gold Medal (2012);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Moscow State University; Steklov Institute of Mathematics;
Thesis	Algebraic curves over function fields (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Igor Shafarevich

Aleksei Nikolaevich Parshin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Паршин; 7 November 1942 – 18 June 2022) was a Russian mathematician, specializing in arithmetic geometry. He is most well-known for his role in the proof of the Mordell conjecture.