David Masser

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David Masser is a British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine geometry.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
academicAdvisor Alan Baker
awardReceived Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
birthPlace London
linked to: London, England
birthYear 1948
citizenship United Kingdom
coProposed abc conjecture
coProposedWith Joseph Oesterlé
doctoralStudent Johan de Jong
Patrice Philippon
Thomas Ward
Umberto Zannier
educatedAt University of Cambridge
University of Nottingham
employer University of Basel
field Diophantine geometry
mathematics
number theory
hasCoAuthor Johan de Jong
Joseph Oesterlé
Patrice Philippon
Thomas Ward
Umberto Zannier
hasPublicationType books
research articles
influencedBy Alan Baker
knownFor Masser–Oesterlé conjecture
linked to: Szpiro conjecture

abc conjecture (independently with Joseph Oesterlé)
linked to: abc conjecture

contributions to Diophantine geometry
contributions to number theory
language English
memberOf London Mathematical Society
name David Masser
nationality British
notableConcept Masser–Oesterlé conjecture
linked to: Szpiro conjecture
positionHeld professor of mathematics at the University of Basel
researchArea Diophantine approximation
elliptic curves
heights in Diophantine geometry
transcendental number theory

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Alan Baker doctoralStudent David Masser
abc conjecture namedAfter David Masser
abc conjecture formulatedBy David Masser
David Masser name David Masser