Gerd Faltings

Gerd Faltings
Gerd Faltings
	Faltings in 2005
Born	28 July 1954; Gelsenkirchen-Buer, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Education	University of Münster (Dip, Dr. rer. nat.)
Known for	Almost ring; Faltings height; Faltings' annihilator theorem; Faltings' theorem; Faltings' product theorem;
Spouse	Angelika Tschimmel (m. 1984; died 2011)
Awards	Dannie Heineman Prize (1983); Fields Medal (1986); ICM Speaker (1986, 1994); Guggenheim Fellowship (1988); Leibniz Prize (1996); Von Staudt Prize (2008); Heinz Gumin Prize (2010); King Faisal International Prize (2014); Shaw Prize (2015); ForMemRS (2016); Cantor Medal (2017); Pour le Mérite (2024); Abel Prize (2026);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Max Planck Institute for Mathematics; University of Bonn; Princeton University; University of Wuppertal;
Theses	Über Macaulayfizierung (1978); Formale Geometrie und homogene Räume (1980);
Doctoral advisor	Hans-Joachim Nastold
Doctoral students	Michael J. Larsen; Shinichi Mochizuki; Wiesława Nizioł; Nikolai Durov;

Gerd Faltings (de; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician. He is known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture.^[3]^[4] He won the Abel Prize in 2026 for this work as well.

Faltings was born on 28 July 1954 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, West Germany.^[5] From 1972 to 1978, Faltings studied mathematics and physics at the University of Münster.^[6]^[7]

References

↑ Castelvecchi, Davide (7 October 2015). "The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof". Nature. 526 (7572): 178–181. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..178C. doi:10.1038/526178a. PMID 26450038.
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↑ "Autobiography of Gerd Faltings". The Shaw Prize.
↑ "Fields Medals 1986". international math union.
↑ "Gerd Falting". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
↑ Faltings, Gerd (1 June 1978). "Über Macaulayfizierung". Mathematische Annalen (in German). 238 (2): 175–192. doi:10.1007/BF01424774. ISSN 1432-1807.
↑ "Gerd Faltings". The Shaw Prize. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

[shin-1] Castelvecchi, Davide (7 October 2015). "The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof". Nature. 526 (7572): 178–181. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..178C. doi:10.1038/526178a. PMID 26450038.

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[3] "Autobiography of Gerd Faltings". The Shaw Prize.

[4] "Fields Medals 1986". international math union.

[5] "Gerd Falting". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

[6] Faltings, Gerd (1 June 1978). "Über Macaulayfizierung". Mathematische Annalen (in German). 238 (2): 175–192. doi:10.1007/BF01424774. ISSN 1432-1807.

[7] "Gerd Faltings". The Shaw Prize. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

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