Peter Sarnak
Peter Sarnak | |
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| Born | Peter Clive Sarnak 18 December 1953 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South Africa United States |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (BSc) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | Systolic geometry Hafner–Sarnak–McCurley constant |
| Awards | George Pólya Prize (1998) Ostrowski Prize (2001) Levi L. Conant Prize (2003) Cole Prize (2005) Wolf Prize (2014) Sylvester Medal (2019) Shaw Prize (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Courant Institute New York University Stanford University Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study |
| Thesis | Prime geodesic theorems (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Cohen |
| Doctoral students | |
| Website | www |
Peter Clive Sarnak FRS MAE (born 18 December 1953) is a South African and American mathematician. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory. He was member of the Board of Adjudicators and for one period chairman of the selection committee for the Mathematics award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.