ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Alan Baker
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British mathematician whose main area of work has been in finding effective methods for number theory.
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Nationality
British
History
- Born: 19 Aug 1939, London, England
- 1970: Awarded Fields Medal
- 1972: Awarded Adams Prize from University of Cambridge
Theorems and Definitions
Books and Papers
- 1966: Linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers: I
- 1967: Linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers: II
- 1967: Linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers: III
- 1975: Transcendental number theory (2nd edition: 1990)
- 1977: Transcendence theory: advances and applications
- 1984: A Concise Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
- 1988: New advances in transcendence theory (editor)
- 2007: Logarithmic forms and Diophantine geometry (with Gisbert Wüstholz)