About Jean-Pierre Wintenberger
Lived 1954 – 2019 (aged 64). Jean-Pierre Wintenberger was a French mathematician and university teacher, known for Serre conjecture (number theory).
Jean-Pierre Wintenberger (1954 – 23 January 2019) was a French mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Strasbourg. He was corecipient of the 2011 Cole Prize in number theory, along with Chandrashekhar Khare, for his proof of Serre's modularity conjecture.
Wintenberger earned his Ph.D. at Joseph Fourier University in 1984, under supervision of Jean-Marc Fontaine.
Wintenberger died on 23 January 2019.
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French mathematician (1954-2019)
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Jean-Pierre Wintenberger was born on 6 December 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Jean-Pierre Wintenberger died on 23 January 2019 in La Tronche.
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Jean-Pierre Wintenberger was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Jean-Pierre Wintenberger was known for Serre conjecture (number theory).
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Jean-Pierre Wintenberger was French.
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