Ofer Gabber

Israeli mathematician


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nameOfer Gabber
imageFile:Ofer Gabber.jpg
native_nameעופר גאבר
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birth_date
fieldsMathematics
workplacesInstitut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
alma_materHarvard University
doctoral_advisorBarry Mazur
known_forAlgebraic geometry
awardsErdős Prize (1981), Prix Thérèse Gautier (2011)
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| name = Ofer Gabber | image = File:Ofer Gabber.jpg | native_name = עופר גאבר | native_name_lang = he | birth_date = | birth_place = | fields = Mathematics | workplaces = Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques | alma_mater = Harvard University | doctoral_advisor = Barry Mazur | known_for = Algebraic geometry | awards = Erdős Prize (1981), Prix Thérèse Gautier (2011) Ofer Gabber (; born May 16, 1958) is a mathematician working in algebraic geometry.

Life

In 1978 Gabber received a Ph.D. from Harvard University for the thesis Some theorems on Azumaya algebras, written under the supervision of Barry Mazur. Gabber has been at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette in Paris since 1984 as a CNRS senior researcher. He won the Erdős Prize in 1981 and the Prix Thérèse Gautier from the French Academy of Sciences in 2011. In 1981 Gabber with Victor Kac published a proof of a conjecture stated by Kac in 1968.

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References

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  2. (1981). "On defining relations of certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
  3. Zaldivar, Felipe. (October 6, 2015). "Review of ''Pseudo-reductive Groups'', 2nd edition, by Brian Conrad, Ofer Gabber, and Gopal Prasad".

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