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Serge Lang
1927 – 2005
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySerge Lang was a French-American mathematician and activist who taught at Yale University for most of his career. He is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He received the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in 1960 and was a member of the Bourbaki group.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 19, 1927
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Date of death
September 12, 2005
Berkeley
Citizenship
France · United States
Occupations & fields
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Guggenheim FellowshipCole Prize in AlgebraPetit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault AwardHumboldt PrizeSteele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Notable works
Lang's theoremSchneider–Lang theoremKatz–Lang finiteness theorem
- Field and occupation
- francouzský matematik
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