Jean-Pierre Wintenberger

Jean-Pierre Wintenberger
Born1954 (1954)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Died23 January 2019(2019-01-23) (aged 64–65)
NationalityFrench
Alma materJoseph Fourier University
Known forProof of Serre's conjecture
AwardsCole Prize (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
Doctoral advisorJean-Marc Fontaine

Jean-Pierre Wintenberger (1954 – 23 January 2019) was a French mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Strasbourg. He was corecipient of the 2011 Cole Prize in number theory, along with Chandrashekhar Khare, for his proof of Serre's modularity conjecture.

Wintenberger earned his Ph.D. at Joseph Fourier University in 1984, under supervision of Jean-Marc Fontaine.

Wintenberger died on 23 January 2019.

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