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Andre Weil

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Noun1.Andre Weil - United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)
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Goro Shimura of Princeton and Andre Weil of the Institute for Advanced Study provided key insights in formulating the conjecture, which proposes a special kind of equivalence between the mathematics of objects called elliptic curves and the mathematics of certain motions in space.
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ACZEL In the early part of the past century, influential French mathematicians such as Alexandre Grothendieck, Andre Weil, Henri Cartan, and others were all influenced by the work of a man known as Nicolas Bourbaki.
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Quoted in the June Scientific American, veteran mathematician Andre Weil of the Institute for Advanced Study said, "[T]o some extent, proving Fermat's theorem is like climbing Everest.
Last word not yet in on Fermat's conjecture by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
 
 
 
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