Preda Mihăilescu | |
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Born |
Bucharest, Romania | 23 May 1955
Nationality | Romanian |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Known for | proving Catalan's conjecture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Göttingen |
Doctoral advisor |
Erwin Engeler Hendrik Lenstra |
Preda V. Mihăilescu (born 23 May 1955) is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of the 158-year-old Catalan's conjecture.
Born in Bucharest, [1] he is the brother of Vintilă Mihăilescu.
After leaving Romania in 1973, he settled in Switzerland. [1] He studied mathematics and computer science in Zürich, receiving a PhD from ETH Zürich in 1997. [2] His PhD thesis, titled Cyclotomy of rings and primality testing, [3] was written under the direction of Erwin Engeler and Hendrik Lenstra.
For several years, he did research at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Since 2005, he has held a professorship at the University of Göttingen.
In 2002, Mihăilescu proved Catalan's conjecture. [4] [5] [6] This number-theoretical conjecture, formulated by the French and Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1844, had stood unresolved for 158 years. Mihăilescu's proof appeared in Crelle's Journal in 2004.
Preda Mihăilescu | |
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Born |
Bucharest, Romania | 23 May 1955
Nationality | Romanian |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Known for | proving Catalan's conjecture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Göttingen |
Doctoral advisor |
Erwin Engeler Hendrik Lenstra |
Preda V. Mihăilescu (born 23 May 1955) is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of the 158-year-old Catalan's conjecture.
Born in Bucharest, [1] he is the brother of Vintilă Mihăilescu.
After leaving Romania in 1973, he settled in Switzerland. [1] He studied mathematics and computer science in Zürich, receiving a PhD from ETH Zürich in 1997. [2] His PhD thesis, titled Cyclotomy of rings and primality testing, [3] was written under the direction of Erwin Engeler and Hendrik Lenstra.
For several years, he did research at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Since 2005, he has held a professorship at the University of Göttingen.
In 2002, Mihăilescu proved Catalan's conjecture. [4] [5] [6] This number-theoretical conjecture, formulated by the French and Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan in 1844, had stood unresolved for 158 years. Mihăilescu's proof appeared in Crelle's Journal in 2004.