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John Tate
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John Torrence Tate Jr.
March 13, 1925 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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Died | October 16, 2019 Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
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(aged 94)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University (A.B., 1946) Princeton University (Ph.D., 1950) |
Known for | Tate conjecture Tate module |
Awards | Abel Prize (2010) Wolf Prize (2002/03) Steele Prize (1995) Cole Prize in Number Theory (1956) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Princeton University (1950–1953) Columbia University (1953–1954) Harvard University (1954–1990) University of Texas at Austin (1990–2009) |
Doctoral advisor | Emil Artin |
Doctoral students | V. Kumar Murty William C. Waterhouse Benedict Gross Jonathan Lubin Stephen Lichtenbaum Kenneth Alan Ribet Joseph H. Silverman Dinesh Thakur Jerrold Tunnell Carl Pomerance George Bergman |
Influenced | John H. Coates |
John Torrence Tate Jr. (March 13, 1925 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematician. He was known for his works in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry and related areas in algebraic geometry. He was a professor emeritus at Harvard University. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2010.
Tate was described as "one of the seminal mathematicians for the past half-century" by William Beckner, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas.
Tate died at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts on October 16, 2019 at the age of 94.
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