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Jean-Pierre Serre

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Jean-Pierre Serre (French: [sɛʁ]; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the inaugural Abel Prize in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Serre is the 173rd most popular mathematician (up from 175th in 2019), the 1,117th most popular biography from France (up from 1,266th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Mathematician.

Jean-Pierre Serre is most famous for his work in algebraic geometry. He introduced the idea of a scheme, which is a generalization of the notion of a curve.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean-Pierre Serre ranks 173 out of 1,004. Before him are Menelaus of Alexandria, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Joseph Bertrand, Johannes Trithemius, and Wang Chong. After him are Vladimir Arnold, Mary Jackson, John Pell, Felix Hausdorff, Giambattista della Porta, and Zoia Ceaușescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jean-Pierre Serre ranks 66. Before him are Margot Frank, Masatoshi Koshiba, Abdoulaye Wade, Peter Lax, Kim Jae-gyu, and Ingrid Thulin. After him are Harry Dean Stanton, Salah Jadid, Sergio Corbucci, Joan Sutherland, John Fowles, and Yoshio Okada.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Serre ranks 1,117 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Saint Eligius (588), and Sophie of France (1734). After him are Hector Guimard (1867), Francis Lai (1932), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), and Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jean-Pierre Serre ranks 36. Before him are Henri Lebesgue (1875), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Joseph Liouville (1809), Michel Rolle (1652), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), and Joseph Bertrand (1822). After him are Étienne Bézout (1730), Édouard Lucas (1842), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Camille Jordan (1838), and René Thom (1923).

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