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'''Brian Conrad''' (born November 20, 1970), is an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] and [[number theory|number theorist]], working at [[Stanford University]]. Previously he was at the [[University of Michigan]].
'''Brian Conrad''' (born November 20, 1970) is an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]] and [[number theory|number theorist]], working at [[Stanford University]]. Previously, he taught at the [[University of Michigan]] and at [[Columbia University]].


Conrad's most famous accomplishment is his work on proving the [[modularity theorem]], also known as the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture. He proved this in 1999 with [[Christophe Breuil]], [[Fred Diamond]] and [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], while holding a joint postdoctoral position at [[Harvard University]] and the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].
Conrad and others proved the [[modularity theorem]], also known as the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture. He proved this in 1999 with [[Christophe Breuil]], [[Fred Diamond]] and [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]], while holding a joint postdoctoral position at [[Harvard University]] and the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].


Conrad got his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1992, where he won a prize for his undergraduate thesis. He did his doctoral work under [[Andrew Wiles]]. He received his Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]] in 1996 with a dissertation entitled ''Finite Honda Systems And Supersingular Elliptic Curves''. He was also featured as an extra in [[NOVA (TV series)|Nova's]] ''The Proof''.
Conrad received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1992, where he won a prize for his undergraduate thesis. He did his doctoral work under [[Andrew Wiles]] and went on to receive his Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]] in 1996 with a dissertation titled ''Finite Honda Systems And Supersingular Elliptic Curves''. He was also featured as an extra in [[Nova (American TV program)|Nova's]] ''The Proof''.


His identical twin brother [[Keith Conrad]], also a [[number theory|number theorist]], is a professor at the [[University of Connecticut]].
His identical twin brother [[Keith Conrad]], also a [[number theory|number theorist]], is a professor at the [[University of Connecticut]].

He was awarded the prestigious Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://academysciencesletters.org/awards/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=American Academy of Sciences & Letters |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://math.stanford.edu/~conrad/ Homepage at Stanford University]
*[http://math.stanford.edu/~conrad/ Homepage at Stanford University]
*[http://abel.math.harvard.edu/~rtaylor/st.ps ''On the modularity of elliptic curves over '''Q'''''] - Proof of Taniyama-Shimura coauthored by Conrad.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312064126/http://abel.math.harvard.edu/~rtaylor/st.ps ''On the modularity of elliptic curves over '''Q'''''] - Proof of Taniyama-Shimura coauthored by Conrad.
* Brian Conrad, Fred Diamond, Richard Taylor: [http://abel.math.harvard.edu/~rtaylor/cdt.dvi ''Modularity of certain potentially Barsotti-Tate Galois representations''], [[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]] 12 (1999), pp. 521–567. Also contains the proof
* Brian Conrad, Fred Diamond, Richard Taylor: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060318075859/http://abel.math.harvard.edu/~rtaylor/cdt.dvi ''Modularity of certain potentially Barsotti-Tate Galois representations''], [[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]] 12 (1999), pp.&nbsp;521–567. Also contains the proof
* C. Breuil, B. Conrad, F. Diamond, R. Taylor : [http://www.ihes.fr/~breuil/PUBLICATIONS/STW.pdf ''On the modularity of elliptic curves over '''Q''': wild 3-adic exercises''], Journal of the American Mathematical Society 14 (2001), 843-939.
* C. Breuil, B. Conrad, F. Diamond, R. Taylor : [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033404/http://www.ihes.fr/~breuil/PUBLICATIONS/STW.pdf ''On the modularity of elliptic curves over '''Q''': wild 3-adic exercises''], Journal of the American Mathematical Society 14 (2001), 843–939.

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Latest revision as of 15:41, 27 October 2024

Brian Conrad
Born (1970-11-20) November 20, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, NY, US
Alma materPrinceton University (doctorate)
Harvard College (undergraduate)
AwardsPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsStanford University
Columbia University
University of Michigan
ThesisFinite Honda systems and supersingular elliptic curves (1996)
Doctoral advisorAndrew Wiles

Brian Conrad (born November 20, 1970) is an American mathematician and number theorist, working at Stanford University. Previously, he taught at the University of Michigan and at Columbia University.

Conrad and others proved the modularity theorem, also known as the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture. He proved this in 1999 with Christophe Breuil, Fred Diamond and Richard Taylor, while holding a joint postdoctoral position at Harvard University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Conrad received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1992, where he won a prize for his undergraduate thesis. He did his doctoral work under Andrew Wiles and went on to receive his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996 with a dissertation titled Finite Honda Systems And Supersingular Elliptic Curves. He was also featured as an extra in Nova's The Proof.

His identical twin brother Keith Conrad, also a number theorist, is a professor at the University of Connecticut.

He was awarded the prestigious Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2024.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details: Brian Conrad". NSF.
  2. ^ "Awards". American Academy of Sciences & Letters. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
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