Gerd Faltings(1954)
MathematicsGerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures. He won the Abel Prize in 2026 for these achievements.
Germany
4
Major Awards
115
Publications
4,761
Citations
30
h-index
50
i10-index
41.4
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#4
Der Beweis der Fermat- Vermutung durch R . Taylor und A . Wiles
Mitteilungen der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung(1995)
1
citations
#6
Einbettungen kommutativer algebraischer Gruppen und einige ihrer Eigenschaften.
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)(1984)
36
citations
#7
Endlichkeitssätze für abelsche Varietäten über Zahlkörpern
Inventiones mathematicae(1983)
4
citations
#8
Endlichkeitssätze für abelsche Varietäten über Zahlkörpern
Inventiones mathematicae(1983)
1,361
citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Münster
Doctoral Advisors
Shinichi MochizukiMichael J. LarsenNikolai DurovWiesława NiziołChristian LiedtkeAdrian VasiuTyler Jamison JarvisAgnes TillmannBradley W. BrockWilliam David Kenneth GreenMajid HadianNorbert HoffmannEike LauRemi Shankar LodhAlberto BellardiniNicholas RingRobert WilmsHans-Joachim Nastold
Career Timeline
University of Wuppertal?–present
University of Bonn?–present
Princeton University?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)Russian Academy of SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Michel Talagrand
Abel Prize (2024)
Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
Luis Caffarelli
Abel Prize (2023)
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Vladimir Drinfeld
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
Martin Hairer
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2021)
Grigory Margulis
Abel Prize (2020)
Robert Langlands
Abel Prize (2018)
Peter Scholze
Fields Medal (2018)
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