David Masser
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Basel |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Baker |
| Doctoral students | Philipp Habegger Paula Tretkoff |
David William Masser (born 8 November 1948)
Early life and education
Masser was born on 8 November 1948 in London, England.[3] He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a B.A. (Hons) in 1970.[3] In 1974, he obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge,[3] with a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Alan Baker titled Elliptic Functions and Transcendence.[4]
Career
Masser was a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham from 1973 to 1975, before spending the 1975–1976 year as a Research Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.[3] He returned to the University of Nottingham to serve as a Lecturer from 1976 to 1979 and then as a Reader from 1979 to 1983.[3] He was a professor at the University of Michigan from 1983 to 1992.[3] He then moved to the Mathematics Institute at the University of Basel and became emeritus there in 2014.[1][3][5]
Research
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References
- ^ a b "Prof. Dr. David Masser". University of Basel. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Curriculum Vitae and Publication list of D. W. Masser" (PDF). University of Basel. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ David Masser at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b c d e "David W. Masser". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- S2CID 52085917.
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