- Enrico Bombieri
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name = Enrico Bombieri
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caption = Enrico Bombieri
birth_date = birth date and age|1940|11|26
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nationality = Italian
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field =mathematics
work_institutions =Institute of Advanced Study
alma_mater =Trinity College, Cambridge
doctoral_advisor =Harold Davenport
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known_for =analytic number theory
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prizes =1974,Fields medal
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footnotes =Enrico Bombieri (born
November 26 ,1940 ) is an Italianmathematician , born inMilan . He is now at theInstitute for Advanced Study . He is known for work innumber theory ,algebraic geometry , andmathematical analysis . He was awarded aFields Medal in 1974.The
Bombieri–Vinogradov theorem is one of the major applications of thelarge sieve method . It improves Dirichlet's theorem onprime number s inarithmetic progression s, by showing that by averaging over the modulus over a range, the mean error is much less than can be proved in a given case. This result can sometimes substitute for the still-unprovedgeneralized Riemann hypothesis .In 1976, he developed the technique known as the
asymptotic sieve .E. Bombieri, "The asymptotic sieve", "Mem. Acad. Naz. dei XL", 1/2 (1976) 243–269.]Bombieri, accomplished also in the arts, explored for wild orchids and other plants as a hobby in the Alps when a young man.
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*MathGenealogy |id=72210
*MacTutor Biography|id=Bombieri
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