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, and he received the Abel Prize in 2026 for the same body of work.
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P19 (place of birth): Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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P19 (place of birth): Buer, Germany
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He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures.
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Gerd Faltings (; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry.
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