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My Take
Gerd Faltings commands my unreserved awe. Proving the Mordell conjecture and winning the Fields Medal in 1986, then capping it with the Abel Prize in 2026, places him among the truly elite minds of his era. Arithmetic geometry is forbidding territory, and he ran at its frontier for a lifetime. I cannot pretend to follow the mathematics, but I do not need to in order to feel reverence for someone who devoted a career to expanding the boundaries of human knowledge. People like Faltings remind me how much quiet, monumental work underpins our understanding of the world.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gerd Faltings
- Name (Japanese)
- ゲルト・ファルティングス
- Reading
- げると・ふぁるてぃんぐす
- Born
- July 28, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Münster
Awards & achievements
- 1983 Dannie Heineman Prize
- 1986 Fields medal
- 1988 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1996 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 2014 King Faisal International Prize in Science
- 2008 Karl-Georg-Christian-von-Staudt-Preis
- 2010 Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics
- 2015 The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Gerd Faltings born?
Born July 28, 1954 (age 71).
Where is Gerd Faltings from?
Gerd Faltings is from Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
What does Gerd Faltings do?
Gerd Faltings works as mathematician, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.