Peter Scholze
Peter Scholze | |
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Scholze in 2014 | |
| Born | 11 December 1987 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Known for | Introduction of perfectoid spaces and diamonds Prismatic cohomology Condensed mathematics Geometrization of the local Langlands conjectures |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Prix and Cours Peccot (2012) SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2013) Clay Research Award (2014) Cole Prize (2015) Fermat Prize (2015) Ostrowski Prize (2015) EMS Prize (2016) Leibniz Prize (2016) Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award (2016) Fields Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Arithmetic geometry Algebraic geometry Algebraic number theory |
| Institutions | University of Bonn Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Academy of Sciences Leopoldina University of California, Berkeley Clay Mathematics Institute |
| Thesis | Perfectoid Spaces (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Rapoport |
Peter Scholze (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃɔltsə] ⓘ; born 11 December 1987) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He has been a professor at the University of Bonn since 2012 and co-director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 2018. He has been called one of the leading mathematicians in the world. In 2018, he won the Fields Medal, an award regarded as the highest professional honor in mathematics.