Manjul Bhargava
Manjul Bhargava FRS (born 8 August 1974) is a Canadian-American mathematician. He is the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, the Stieltjes Professor of Number Theory at Leiden University, and also holds Adjunct Professorships at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and the University of Hyderabad. He is known primarily for his contributions to number theory.
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| Born | 8 August 1974 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada United States |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Bhargava factorial Bhargava cube 15 and 290 theorems average rank of elliptic curves |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2019) Padma Bhushan (2015) Fields Medal (2014) Infosys Prize (2012) Fermat Prize (2011) Cole Prize (2008) Clay Research Award (2005) SASTRA Ramanujan Prize (2005) Blumenthal Award (2005) Merten M. Hasse Prize (2003) Morgan Prize (1996) Hoopes Prize (1996) Hertz Fellowship (1996) |
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| Institutions | Princeton University Leiden University University of Hyderabad |
| Thesis | Higher composition laws (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew Wiles |
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| Website | www |
Bhargava was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014. According to the International Mathematical Union citation, he was awarded the prize "for developing powerful new methods in the geometry of numbers, which he applied to count rings of small rank and to bound the average rank of elliptic curves". He was also a member of prestigious Padma award committee 2023.