Michael Rapoport
Not to be confused with American actor Michael Rapaport.
| Michael Rapoport | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
6 October 1948 Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Bonn |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sud 11 University |
| Doctoral advisor | Pierre Deligne |
| Doctoral students |
Ulrich Görtz Torsten Wedhorn Peter Scholze |
| Known for | Works on Shimura variety and Langlands program |
| Notable awards |
Leibniz Prize (1992) Heinz Hopf Prize (2011) |
Michael Rapoport (born 2 October 1948)[1] is a German mathematician.
Rapoport received his Ph.D. from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1976, under the supervision of Pierre Deligne.[2] He currently holds a chair for arithmetic algebraic geometry at the University of Bonn.[3] In 1992 he was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,[4] in 1999 he won the Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize,[5] and he is the recipient of the 2011 Heinz Hopf Prize.[6]
Michael Rapoport is the son of Ingeborg Rapoport and Samuel Mitja Rapoport, and brother of Tom Rapoport, both renowned biochemists.
References
- ↑ Member profile, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Univ. of Bonn, accessed 2011-12-17.
- ↑ Michael Rapoport at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Faculty profile, Univ. of Bonn, accessed 2011-12-17.
- ↑ List of Leibniz Prize winners from 1986 to 2011, DFG, accessed 2011-12-17.
- ↑ Gay-Lussac/Humboldt-Preis für Professor Rapoport (in German), Univ. of Cologne, accessed 2011-12-17.
- ↑ Laureate 2011, ETH Zurich Mathematics Department, accessed 2011-12-17.
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