J. Brian Conrey
John Brian Conrey (born June 23, 1955 in Agaña , Guam ) is an American mathematician who deals with number theory.
Life
Conrey studied at Santa Clara University (bachelor's degree in 1976) and received his doctorate in 1980 from the University of Michigan under Hugh Montgomery ( Zeros of derivatives of Riemann's xi-function on the critical line ). From 1980 to 1982 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois and from 1982 to 1983 and 1987 to 1988 at the Institute for Advanced Study . From 1983 he was a professor at Oklahoma State University , where he headed the mathematics faculty from 1991 to 1997. He has been the director of the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) in Palo Alto since 1997 , which he co-founded. Since 2005 he has also been a part-time professor at the University of Bristol .
Conrey deals with the analytical theory of L-functions , especially the Riemann zeta function and the application of random matrices to the theory of L-functions. In 1986 he proved that at least 40% of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function lie on the critical line with real part 1/2, which considerably improved previous results by Norman Levinson and others.
He is co-editor of the Journal of Number Theory . In 2008 he received the Levi L. Conant Prize for his article The Riemann Hypothesis (Notices of the AMS, March 2003). In 1986 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society . He lives in San Martin, California , is married with three children.
Fonts
- L-functions and random matrices . In: Björn Engquist , Wilfried Schmid (editor): Mathematics unlimited - 2001 and beyond . Springer Verlag, 2001, arxiv : math / 0005300
- Notes on L-functions and Random Matrix Theory . in Pierre Cartier a . a. (Editor): Frontiers in Number Theory, Physics and Geometry . Springer Verlag, Volume 1, 2006, pp. 107-162.
- The Riemann Hypothesis . Notices AMS, March 2003 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ A research institute founded in 1994 with funding from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs John Fry and Stephen Sorenson. Article in USA Today 2007
- ↑ Conrey: More than two fifths of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function are on the critical line . In: Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics , Volume 399, 1989, pp. 1–26. 2010 again improved with Hung Bui and Matthew Young: More than 41% of the zeros of the zeta function are on the critical line . arxiv : 1002.4127
- ↑ Awarded the Levi L. Conant Prize (PDF) Notices AMS, 2008
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Conrey, J. Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conrey, John Brian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agaña , Guam |