Benedict Gross | |
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Born | Benedict Hyman Gross |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University Oxford University |
Known for |
Gross–Zagier theorem Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture |
Awards | Cole Prize (1987) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions |
Harvard University UC San Diego |
Doctoral advisor | John Tate |
Doctoral students |
Benedict Hyman Gross is an American mathematician who is a professor at the University of California San Diego, [1] the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Dean of Harvard College. [2]
He is known for his work in number theory, particularly the Gross–Zagier theorem on L-functions of elliptic curves, which he researched with Don Zagier.
Gross graduated from The Pingry School, a leading independent school in New Jersey, in 1967 as the valedictorian. In 1971, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University. He then received an M.Sc. from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar in 1974 before returning to Harvard and completing his Ph.D. in 1978, under John Tate. [2] [3]
After holding faculty positions at Princeton University and Brown University, Gross became a tenured professor at Harvard in 1985 [2] and remained there subsequently, as Dean of Harvard College from 2003 to 2007. [4]
Benedict Gross was the mathematical consultant for the 1980 film It's My Turn containing the scene [5] in which actress Jill Clayburgh, portraying a mathematics professor, impeccably proves the snake lemma. [6] [7]
Gross is a 1986 MacArthur Fellow. [8]
Gross, Zagier, and Dorian M. Goldfeld won the Cole Prize of the American Mathematical Society in 1987 for their work on the Gross–Zagier theorem. [9] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [10]
Gross was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 [11] and as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004. [12] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017. [13]
Benedict Gross | |
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Born | Benedict Hyman Gross |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University Oxford University |
Known for |
Gross–Zagier theorem Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture |
Awards | Cole Prize (1987) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions |
Harvard University UC San Diego |
Doctoral advisor | John Tate |
Doctoral students |
Benedict Hyman Gross is an American mathematician who is a professor at the University of California San Diego, [1] the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics Emeritus at Harvard University, and former Dean of Harvard College. [2]
He is known for his work in number theory, particularly the Gross–Zagier theorem on L-functions of elliptic curves, which he researched with Don Zagier.
Gross graduated from The Pingry School, a leading independent school in New Jersey, in 1967 as the valedictorian. In 1971, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University. He then received an M.Sc. from Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar in 1974 before returning to Harvard and completing his Ph.D. in 1978, under John Tate. [2] [3]
After holding faculty positions at Princeton University and Brown University, Gross became a tenured professor at Harvard in 1985 [2] and remained there subsequently, as Dean of Harvard College from 2003 to 2007. [4]
Benedict Gross was the mathematical consultant for the 1980 film It's My Turn containing the scene [5] in which actress Jill Clayburgh, portraying a mathematics professor, impeccably proves the snake lemma. [6] [7]
Gross is a 1986 MacArthur Fellow. [8]
Gross, Zagier, and Dorian M. Goldfeld won the Cole Prize of the American Mathematical Society in 1987 for their work on the Gross–Zagier theorem. [9] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. [10]
Gross was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 [11] and as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004. [12] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017. [13]