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Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures. He won the Abel Prize in 2026 for these achievements.

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science · German mathematician (born 1954) · mathematician · university teacher · also Gerd Faltings, Faltings

Born 28 July 1954 · Q77137

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Awarded Abel Prize (2026).
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Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2025).
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2026· 7 entries

Jun 15, 2026Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Abel Prize (2026).

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Mar 27, 2026Documented record69% confidence

uni: Abel Prize for Gerd Faltings

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Mar 23, 2026Documented record69% confidence

VN Express: 'I'll have to rent a suit,' Gerd Faltings after adding prestigious Abel Prize to his Fields Medal-winning legacy

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Mar 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

VN Express: German mathematician Gerd Faltings wins 'math’s Nobel' for solving decades-old problem

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Mar 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

동아사이언스: Gerd Faltings wins Abel Prize for foundational work in arithmetic geometry

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Mar 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

idw: Gerd Faltings to Receive the 2026 Abel Prize

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Mar 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71

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2025· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2025Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2025).

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2017· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2017Documented record84% confidence

Won Cantor medal (2017).

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2016· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2016Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2016).

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2015· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Awarded The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2015).

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2014· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2014Documented record84% confidence

Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Science (2014).

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2010· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2010Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics (2010).

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2008· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2008Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Karl-Georg-Christian-von-Staudt-Preis (2008).

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1996· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1996Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1996).

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1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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1994· 1 entry

1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

As an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians he gave a talk Mumford-Stabilität in der algebraischen Geometrie (lit

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1988· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1988Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1988).

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1986· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Won Fields medal (1986).

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1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

For his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures

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1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

For proving the Tate conjecture for Abelian varieties over number fields, the Shafarevich conjecture for Abelian varieties over number fields and the Mordell conjecture, which states that any non-singular projective curv

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1983· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize (1983).

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1981· 1 entry

1981Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Obtained the venia legendi in mathematics from the University of Münster, where he was an assistant professor

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1954· 1 entry

Jul 28, 1954Documented record86% confidence

Born 1954-07-28.

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