Markus Rost
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Markus Rost is a German
mathematician
who works at the intersection of topology
and algebra
. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
in 2002 in Beijing
, China
. He is a professor at the University of Bielefeld.
He is known for his work on norm varieties (a key part in the proof of the Bloch-Kato conjecture) and for the Rost invariant (a cohomological invariant with values in Galois cohomology of degree 3). Together with J.-P. Serre he is one of the cofounders of the theory of cohomological invariants of linear algebraic groups. He also made numerous contributions to the theory of torsors, quadratic forms, central simple algebras, Jordan algebras (the Rost-Serre invariant), exceptional groups, essential dimension. Most of his results are available only on his webpage.
Germany
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mathematician
Mathematician
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who works at the intersection of topology
Topology
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and algebra
Abstract algebra
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. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
International Congress of Mathematicians
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in 2002 in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China
China
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. He is a professor at the University of Bielefeld.
He is known for his work on norm varieties (a key part in the proof of the Bloch-Kato conjecture) and for the Rost invariant (a cohomological invariant with values in Galois cohomology of degree 3). Together with J.-P. Serre he is one of the cofounders of the theory of cohomological invariants of linear algebraic groups. He also made numerous contributions to the theory of torsors, quadratic forms, central simple algebras, Jordan algebras (the Rost-Serre invariant), exceptional groups, essential dimension. Most of his results are available only on his webpage.