Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri | |
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| Born | 26 November 1940 Milan, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Milan Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Determinant method Large sieve method in analytic number theory Bombieri-Lang conjecture Bombieri norm Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem "Heights" in Diophantine geometry Siegel's lemma for bases (Bombieri–Vaaler) Partial differential equations |
| Awards | 1966, Caccioppoli Prize 1974, Fields Medal 1976, Feltrinelli Prize 1980, Balzan Prize 2006, Pythagoras Prize 2008, Joseph L. Doob Prize 2010, King Faisal International Prize 2020, Crafoord Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisor | Giovanni Ricci |
| Doctoral students | Umberto Zannier |
Enrico Bombieri (born 26 November 1940) is an Italian mathematician, known for his work in analytic number theory, Diophantine geometry, complex analysis, and group theory. Bombieri is currently professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Bombieri won the Fields Medal in 1974 for his work on the large sieve and its application to the distribution of prime numbers.