Jean-Pierre Wintenberger | |
Birth Place: | Neuilly-sur-Seine |
Nationality: | French |
Fields: | Mathematics |
Workplaces: | University of Strasbourg |
Alma Mater: | Joseph Fourier University |
Doctoral Advisor: | Jean-Marc Fontaine |
Known For: | Proof of Serre's conjecture |
Awards: | Cole Prize (2011) |
Jean-Pierre Wintenberger (1954 – 23 January 2019) was a French mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of Strasbourg. He was corecipient of the 2011 Cole Prize in number theory, along with Chandrashekhar Khare, for his proof of Serre's modularity conjecture.[1]
Wintenberger earned his Ph.D. at Joseph Fourier University in 1984, under supervision of Jean-Marc Fontaine.
Wintenberger died on 23 January 2019.[2]