Aleksei Parshin

Aleksei N. Parshin
Алексей Николаевич Паршин
Aleksei Parshin in Oberwolfach 2005
Born(1942-11-07)7 November 1942
Died18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 79)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSteklov Institute of Mathematics
Known for
  • Parshin chain
  • Parshin's conjecture
  • Parshin's trick
Awards
  • Humboldt Prize (1996)
  • Vinogradov Prize (2004)
  • Chebyshev Gold Medal (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
ThesisAlgebraic curves over function fields (1968)
Doctoral advisorIgor Shafarevich

Aleksei Nikolaevich Parshin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Паршин; 7 November 1942 – 18 June 2022) was a Russian mathematician. His works focused in arithmetic geometry. He was most well-known for his role in the proof of the Mordell conjecture.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2017.[1]

Parshin died on 18 June 2022 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 79.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Alexey Parshin". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mathematical Institute V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences". Steklov Institute of Mathematics (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.