Carl Ludwig Siegel
German mathematician (1896–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Ludwig Siegel (31 December 1896 – 4 April 1981) was a German mathematician specialising in analytic number theory. He is known for, amongst other things, his contributions to the Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem in Diophantine approximation, Siegel's method,[1] Siegel's lemma and the Siegel mass formula for quadratic forms. He has been named one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century.[2][3]
Carl Ludwig Siegel | |
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Born | (1896-12-31)31 December 1896 |
Died | 4 April 1981(1981-04-04) (aged 84) |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Known for | Brauer–Siegel theorem Siegel modular form Siegel modular variety Siegel zero Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem Siegel's theorem on integral points Siegel domain |
Awards | Wolf Prize (1978) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Institute for Advanced Study |
Doctoral advisor | Edmund Landau |
Doctoral students | |
André Weil, without hesitation, named[4] Siegel as the greatest mathematician of the first half of the 20th century. Atle Selberg said of Siegel and his work:
He was in some ways, perhaps, the most impressive mathematician I have met. I would say, in a way, devastatingly so. The things that Siegel tended to do were usually things that seemed impossible. Also after they were done, they still seemed almost impossible.