John Tate

thumb|John Tate, 1993 John Torrence Tate, Jr. (March 13, 1925 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematician, distinguished for many fundamental contributions in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry and related areas in algebraic geometry. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2010. Quotes Since I was a teenager I had an interest in number theory. Fortunately, I came across a good number theory book by L. E. Dickson, so I knew a little number theory. Also I had been reading Bell’s histories of people like Gauss. I liked number theory. It’s natural, in a way, because many wonderful problems and theorems in number theory can be explained to any interested high-school student. Number theory is easier to get into in that sense. But of course it depends on one’s intuition and taste also. as quoted by Martin Raussen and Christian Skau: Interview with Abel Laureate John Tate Notices of the AMS 58 3 March 2011 444–452 https://www.ams.org/notices/201103/rtx110300444p.pdf?version=meter+at+null&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click (quote from p. 445) It doesn't matter how long it takes, if the end result is a good theorem. Steve Nadis A History in Sum https://books.google.com/books?id=4e29AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 1 November 2013 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-72655-0 207 Quotes about John Tate A “good theorem,” as Tate puts it, lasts forever. Once proved, it will always stay proved, and other mathematicians are free to use it and build on it as they please, sometimes to great effect. Steve Nadis A History in Sum https://books.google.com/books?id=4e29AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 1 November 2013 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-72655-0 207 External links Category:1925 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Mathematicians from the United States Category:People from Minneapolis Category:Wolf Prize in Mathematics laureates Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Princeton University alumni Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Abel Prize laureates