Michael Artin
German-American mathematician and professor
Michael Artin is a German-American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics Department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry. Wikipedia
Born: 1934 (age 89 years), Hamburg, Germany
Notable students: Yuri Tschinkel, Eric Friedlander, Joseph Mazur, and more
Parents: Emil Artin
Awards: Harvard Centennial Medal (2005), Leroy P. Steele Prize (2002), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2013), and more
Fields: Algebraic geometry; Noncommutative algebra
Thesis: On Enriques' Surfaces (1960)
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