1986 Fields Medal (2)
Reason for Award
Using methods ofarithmetic algebraic geometry, he received medal primarily for his proof of theMordell Conjecture.
Laureates
Gerd Faltings,
Germany
Other works in the same year
- Received medal primarily for his work ontopologyof four-manifolds, especially for showing that there is a differential structure on euclidian four-space which is different from the usual structure.
- Developed new methods for topological analysis of four-manifolds. One of his results is a proof of the four-dimensionalPoincaré Conjecture.