Aleksei Parshin

Aleksei N. Parshin
Алексей Николаевич Паршин
Aleksei Parshin in Oberwolfach 2005
Born(1942-11-07)7 November 1942
Died18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 79)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSteklov Institute of Mathematics
Known for
  • Parshin chain
  • Parshin's conjecture
  • Parshin's trick
Awards
  • Humboldt Prize (1996)
  • Vinogradov Prize (2004)
  • Chebyshev Gold Medal (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
ThesisAlgebraic curves over function fields (1968)
Doctoral advisorIgor Shafarevich

Aleksei Nikolaevich Parshin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Паршин; 7 November 1942 – 18 June 2022) was a Russian mathematician. His works focused in arithmetic geometry. He was most well-known for his role in the proof of the Mordell conjecture.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2017.[1]

Parshin died on 18 June 2022 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 79.[2]

References

  1. "Alexey Parshin". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  2. "Mathematical Institute V.A. Steklov Russian Academy of Sciences". Steklov Institute of Mathematics (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.