Peter Sarnak
South African mathematician
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Peter Clive Sarnak FRS MAE is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. Wikipedia
Born: 1953 (age 70 years), Johannesburg, South Africa
Notable students: Akshay Venkatesh, Kannan Soundararajan, Alex V. Kontorovich, and more
Education: Stanford University and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Known for: Systolic geometry; Hafner–Sarnak–McCurley constant
Awards: Wolf Prize in Mathematics and Ostrowski Prize
Doctoral advisor: Paul Cohen
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