Gérard Laumon

Gérard Laumon (French: [lomɔ̃]; born 1952) is a French mathematician, best known for his results in number theory, for which he was awarded the Clay Research Award.

Gérard Laumon
Born1952 (age 67–68)
Lyon, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Paris-Sud 11 University
Known forWork on Langlands program
AwardsClay Research Award (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsParis-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisorLuc Illusie
Doctoral studentsLaurent Lafforgue
Ngô Bảo Châu
Sophie Morel

Life and work

Laumon studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay.[1] He was awarded the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1987, and the E. Dechelle prize of the French Academy of the Sciences in 1992.[2]

In 2004, Laumon and Ngô Bảo Châu received the Clay Research Award for the proof of the fundamental lemma for unitary groups, a component in the Langlands program in number theory.

In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]

Awards
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References
  1. Gérard Laumon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. 2004 Clay Institute Annual report, available at http://www2.maths.ox.ac.uk/cmi/library/annual_report/ar2004/04report_clayaward.pdf
  3. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-27.
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