David Masser

British mathematician
Person human Q687611

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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
November 8, 1948, November 11, 1948, September 11, 1948, August 11, 1948[2][5][6][7]
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Field of work
number theory[9]
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor
Alan Baker[14]
Doctoral student
Paula Tretkoff, Daniel M. Kornhauser, Noel Christopher Wass, John H. Rickert, Fengshen Yan, Philipp Habegger, Martin Lucien Widmer, Thomas Loher, Christine Zehrt-Liebendörfer, Harry Schmidt[19][20][21][22][23]
Student of
Alan Baker
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Erdős number
2.0
Family name
Masser
Given name
David
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society, Academia Europaea (2014–present)[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Masser en David William Masser en D. W. Masser de David William Masser es David William Masser he דייוויד מסר ja デイヴィッド・マッサー ja ダヴィッド・マッサー ja デイビット・マッサー pt David William Masser ru Дэвид Массер ru Массер, Дэвид zh 大衛·馬瑟 zh-hans 大卫·马瑟
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VIAF cluster ID
67006419
Library of Congress authority ID
n2003011690
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
David Masser.jpg ↗
AE member ID
Masser_David
BDELIS ID
79945
BIBSYS ID
7044693
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
MasserDavidWilliam1948-
CiNii Research ID
1140563741778991872
DBLP author ID
198/8350
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DDB person (GND) ID
102371499X
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11903
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
078676509
MR Author ID
121080
MSRI person ID
8389
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
7915
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05796858
NUKAT ID
n99003233
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007422240305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810611072805606
National Virtual Library of India ID
144779
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
145643670
SHARE Catalogue author ID
49131
SNSF person ID
91633
Scopus author ID
6602690174, 57204338917
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
masser
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058611360206706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkttfQ8P8cmfdtyCKTGpP
ZbMATH author ID
masser.david-william

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Summary

David Masser's place of birth was London[1]. He was born on November 8, 1948[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Cambridge[12], a collegiate university[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1209[26], headquartered in Cambridge[27] and Trinity College[13], a college of the University of Cambridge[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1546[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31]. He studied under Alan Baker[32].

Career and Affiliations

Employers include University of Basel[10], a public research university[33], in Switzerland[34], founded in 1460[35], headquartered in Basel[36] and University of Michigan[11], a public research university[37], in United States[38], founded in 1817[39], headquartered in Ann Arbor[40]. Doctoral students include Paula Tretkoff[19], an academic[41]; Daniel M. Kornhauser[20]; Noel Christopher Wass[21]; John H. Rickert[22]; Fengshen Yan[23]; and Philipp Habegger[42], a mathematician[43], b. 1978[44], of Switzerland[45].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of abc conjecture[46], a conjecture[47].

FAQs

Where was David Masser born?

David Masser's place of birth was London[1].

What did David Masser do for work?

David Masser worked as mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did David Masser go to school?

David Masser was educated at University of Cambridge[12] and Trinity College[13].

What awards did David Masser receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[15].

What did David Masser discover?

David Masser is credited as discoverer of abc conjecture[46].

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