Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
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| Born | Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer 2 August 1927 |
| Died | 26 December 2018 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture |
| Awards | Pólya Prize (2006) Sylvester Medal (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisors | John Littlewood André Weil |
| Doctoral students | Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène Miles Reid |
Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet,
Biography
Swinnerton-Dyer was the son of Sir Leonard Schroeder Swinnerton Dyer, 15th
In that same year, he became Chairman of the
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967 and was made a KBE in 1987.[3] In 1981, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath.[4] In 2006 he was awarded the Sylvester Medal,[5] and also the Pólya Prize (LMS).[6]
Swinnerton-Dyer was, in his younger days, an international bridge player, representing the British team twice in the European Open teams championship. In 1953 at Helsinki he was partnered by Dimmie Fleming: the team came second out of fifteen teams. In 1962 he was partnered by Ken Barbour; the team came fourth out of twelve teams at Beirut.[7]
He married Dr Harriet Crawford in 1983.[8][9]
Death
Swinnerton-Dyer died on 26 December 2018 at the age of 91.[10]
Books
- Swinnerton-Dyer, H.P.F. (1974), Analytic theory of Abelian varieties, LMS Lecture Notes, vol. 14, ISBN 0-521-20526-3.
- Swinnerton-Dyer, Peter (2001), A brief guide to algebraic number theory, LMS Student Text, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00423-3.
See also
- List of Masters of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
- Littlewood conjecture
- Rank of a partition
- Swinnerton-Dyer polynomials
Notes
- ISBN 1-85743-217-7
- Daily Telegraph. No. 50890. 1 January 2019. p. 31.
- ^ doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380602. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Sylvester Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Sheng, Yunhe. "List of LMS prize winners". London Mathematical Society. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Hasenson P. British Bridge Almanack. 77, London. pp. 400–1
- ^ "Marriages". The Times. 26 May 1983. p. 20.
- ^ Reid, Miles (9 January 2019). "Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Bt KBE FRS (1927–2018)". St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. 28 December 2018.
External links
- Birch, Bryan; doi:10.1090/noti1920.
- Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry -- to Peter Swinnerton-Dyer on his 75th birthday, edited by Miles Reid and Alexei Skorobogatov, LMS Lecture Notes 303, Cambridge University Press, 2004 ISBN 0-521-54518-8
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Birch/Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture". MathWorld.
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Swinnerton-Dyer Polynomial". MathWorld.
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