Oscar Zariski
Oscar Zariski | |
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Oscar Zariski (1899–1986) | |
| Born | Russian: О́скар Зари́сский April 24, 1899 |
| Died | July 4, 1986 (aged 87) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Kyiv University of Rome |
| Known for | Contributions to algebraic geometry |
| Awards | Cole Prize in Algebra (1944) National Medal of Science (1965) Wolf Prize (1981) Steele Prize (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University University of Illinois Harvard University |
| Thesis | Sopra una classe di equazioni algebriche contenenti linearmente un parametro e risolubili per radicali (1926) |
| Doctoral advisor | Guido Castelnuovo |
| Doctoral students | S. S. Abhyankar Michael Artin Iacopo Barsotti Irvin Cohen Daniel Gorenstein Robin Hartshorne Heisuke Hironaka Steven Kleiman Joseph Lipman David Mumford Maxwell Rosenlicht Pierre Samuel Abraham Seidenberg |
Oscar Zariski (April 24, 1899 – July 4, 1986) was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.