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Alan Baker FRS (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory.
Feb 4, 2018 · Alan Baker was an English mathematician, known for his work in number theory. View five larger pictures. Biography. Alan Baker was educated at Stratford Grammar School. From there, after winning a State Scholarship, he entered University College London where he studied for his B.Sc.
Alan Baker (born August 19, 1939, London, England—died February 4, 2018, Cambridge) was a British mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work in number theory. Baker attended University College, London (B.S., 1961), and Trinity College, Cambridge (M.A. and Ph.D., 1964).
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Distinguished mathematician who won the Fields medal for his contribution to number theory. In 1966 the start of a new era in number theory was marked by Alan Baker, who has died aged 78, joining the department of pure mathematics at Cambridge University.
Dec 30, 2021 · Alan Baker, Fields Medallist, died on 4 February 2018 in Cambridge, England, after a severe stroke a few days earlier. In 1970 he was awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress in Nice on the basis of his outstanding work on linear forms in logarithms and its consequences.
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Feb 1, 2023 · Alan Baker single-handedly transformed several areas of number theory. He achieved a major breakthrough in transcendence and applied it to obtain a new and important large class of transcendental numbers, opening the way to the subsequent discovery of several other such classes.
OBITUARY. Alan Baker, FRS, 1939–2018. 1. Life and career. Alan’s paternal grandparents were known as Marks and Mathilda Backer; they were married in 1902 in Lithuania. The surname presumably changed when children arrived. His parents were Barnet and Bessie (n ́ee Sohn). Alan was born in London on 19 August 1939 into this Jewish family.
