Bernard Dwork
Encyclopedia
Bernard Morris Dwork was an American mathematician, known for his application of p-adic analysis
to local zeta functions, and in particular for the first general results on the Weil conjectures
. Together with Kenkichi Iwasawa
he received the Cole Prize
in 1962.
Dwork received his Ph.D. at Columbia University
in 1954 under direction of Emil Artin
. Nick Katz
was one of his students. He is the father of Deborah Dwork
. They both received the Guggenheim Prize and are the only father-daughter set to ever have done so. Another daughter, Cynthia Dwork
, received the Dijkstra Prize
.
P-adic analysis
In mathematics, p-adic analysis is a branch of number theory that deals with the mathematical analysis of functions of p-adic numbers....
to local zeta functions, and in particular for the first general results on the Weil conjectures
Weil conjectures
In mathematics, the Weil conjectures were some highly-influential proposals by on the generating functions derived from counting the number of points on algebraic varieties over finite fields....
. Together with Kenkichi Iwasawa
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Kenkichi Iwasawa was a Japanese mathematician who is known for his influence on algebraic number theory.Iwasawa was born in Shinshuku-mura, a town near Kiryū, in Gunma Prefecture...
he received the Cole Prize
Cole Prize
The Frank Nelson Cole Prize, or Cole Prize for short, is one of two prizes awarded to mathematicians by the American Mathematical Society, one for an outstanding contribution to algebra, and the other for an outstanding contribution to number theory. The prize is named after Frank Nelson Cole, who...
in 1962.
Dwork received his Ph.D. at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1954 under direction of Emil Artin
Emil Artin
Emil Artin was an Austrian-American mathematician of Armenian descent.-Parents:Emil Artin was born in Vienna to parents Emma Maria, née Laura , a soubrette on the operetta stages of Austria and Germany, and Emil Hadochadus Maria Artin, Austrian-born of Armenian descent...
. Nick Katz
Nick Katz
Nicholas Michael Katz is an American mathematician, working in the fields of algebraic geometry, particularly on p-adic methods, monodromy and moduli problems, and number theory...
was one of his students. He is the father of Deborah Dwork
Debórah Dwork
Debórah Dwork, B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., is an American historian. She is the Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Department of History, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. Dwork is the daughter of...
. They both received the Guggenheim Prize and are the only father-daughter set to ever have done so. Another daughter, Cynthia Dwork
Cynthia Dwork
Cynthia Dwork is a distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research who works on distributed computing, cryptography, and e-mail spam prevention....
, received the Dijkstra Prize
Dijkstra Prize
The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is given for outstanding papers on the principles of distributed computing, whose significance and impact on the theory and/or practice of distributed computing has been evident for at least a decade...
.
External links
- Memorial article – by Nick KatzNick KatzNicholas Michael Katz is an American mathematician, working in the fields of algebraic geometry, particularly on p-adic methods, monodromy and moduli problems, and number theory...
and John TateJohn TateJohn Torrence Tate Jr. is an American mathematician, distinguished for many fundamental contributions in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry and related areas in algebraic geometry.-Biography:...
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