Gérard Laumon

French mathematician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench mathematician
PlacesFrance
isMathematician
Work fieldMathematics
Gender
Male
Birth7 May 1952, Lyon, France
Age72 years
Star signTaurus
Education
École normale supérieure
University of Paris-Sud
Awards
CNRS silver medal1987
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society 
The details

Biography

Gérard Laumon ([lomɔ̃]; born 1952) is a French mathematician, best known for his results in number theory, for which he was awarded the Clay Research Award.

Life and work

Laumon studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1987, and the E. Dechelle prize of the French Academy of the Sciences in 1992.

In 2004, Laumon and Ngô Bảo Châu received the Clay Research Award for the proof of the fundamental lemma for unitary groups, a component in the Langlands program in number theory.

In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Awards

  • Clay Research Award
  • CNRS Silver Medal
  • E. Dechelle Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
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