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Shinichi Mochizuki

1969 - Today

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Shinichi Mochizuki (望月 新一, Mochizuki Shin'ichi; born March 29, 1969) is a Japanese mathematician working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He is one of the main contributors to anabelian geometry. His contributions include his solution of the Grothendieck conjecture in anabelian geometry about hyperbolic curves over number fields. Mochizuki has also worked in Hodge–Arakelov theory and p-adic Teichmüller theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Shinichi Mochizuki is the 872nd most popular mathematician (down from 849th in 2024), the 1,615th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Shinichi Mochizuki ranks 872 out of 1,004. Before him are Raoul Bott, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Marston Morse, Cornelius Lanczos, Roger Apéry, and Diederik Korteweg. After him are Suzan Kahramaner, Tom M. Apostol, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Walther von Dyck, Michael Aschbacher, and Andrzej Mostowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Shinichi Mochizuki ranks 328. Before him are Domingos Paciência, Trudi Canavan, Sheryl Sandberg, Shawnee Smith, Richard Virenque, and Jenni Rivera. After him are Alexis Arquette, Naoko Nishigai, Kirill Serebrennikov, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dolly Buster, and Georgiy Gongadze.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinichi Mochizuki ranks 1,614 out of 6,245. Before him are Hayato Murotsu (2000), Hiromi Tsuru (1960), Romi Park (1972), Hideko Maehata (1914), and Kazumi Kishi (1975). After him are Motoki Imagawa (1980), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975), Masao Harada (1912), and Konosuke Kusazumi (2000).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Japan

Among mathematicians born in Japan, Shinichi Mochizuki ranks 11. Before him are Goro Shimura (1930), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Mikio Sato (1928), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), and Yasumasa Kanada (1948). After him are Christopher Zeeman (1925).

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