Pietro Corvaja Explained

Pietro Corvaja
Birth Date:19 July 1967
Birth Place:Padua, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Field:Mathematics
Work Institutions:University of Udine
Alma Mater:Pierre and Marie Curie University
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
University of Pisa
Doctoral Advisor:Michel Waldschmidt
Michel Laurent
Thesis Title:Approximation diophantienne sur la droite
Thesis Year:1995

Pietro Corvaja (born 19 July 1967 in Padua, Italy)[1] is an Italian mathematician working in Diophantine geometry. He is a professor of geometry at the University of Udine.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Corvaja was born in Padua, Italy on 19 July 1967.[1] He graduated with a scientific high school diploma from a liceo scientifico in 1985,[1] before enrolling in the University of Pisa as a student of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[1] He graduated from the Scuola Normale with an undergraduate thesis on the theory of transcendental numbers under the direction of Roberto Dvornicich in 1989.[1]

After a one year scholarship at INdAM from 1989 to 1990, Corvaja completed his PhD under Michel Waldschmidt and Michel Laurent at Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1995.[1] From 1994 to 1995, he was also a research assistant at the Università Iuav di Venezia as a collaborator of Umberto Zannier.[1] In 2001, Corvaja obtained his habilitation qualification at Pierre and Marie Curie University.[1]

Career

In 1995, Corvaja became a researcher at the University of Udine.[1] From 1997 to 1998, he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study under the direction of Enrico Bombieri.[4] [1] In 2002, Corvaja became an associate professor of algebra at the University of Udine.[1] Since 2005, he has been a professor of geometry at the University of Udine.[1]

Corvaja is the coordinator of the mathematics program and the vice director of the Scuola Superiore (School of Excellence) of the University of Udine.[5] [1] [6]

Research

Corvaja and Zannier gave a new proof of Siegel's theorem on integral points in 2002 by using a new method based on the subspace theorem.[7]

Awards

Corvaja was inducted into the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti on 26 May 2016.[1]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pietro Corvaja . . 13 January 2020 . it.
  2. Web site: Pietro Corvaja . University of Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze, Matematiche Informatiche e fisiche . it . 13 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Pietro Corvaja . . it . 13 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Pietro Corvaja . . 13 January 2020.
  5. News: Università di Udine: porte aperte alla future matricole . it . University of Udine: doors open to future freshmen . Controcampus . Il programma dell'incontro prevede i saluti della direttrice dell'istituto, Donata Levi, e del vice direttore, Pietro Corvaja, che presenterà la Scuola. . 12 March 2014 . 13 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Organi direttivi . it . School of Excellence of the University of Udine . 13 January 2020.
  7. Corvaja, P. and Zannier, U. "A subspace theorem approach to integral points on curves", Compte Rendu Acad. Sci., 334, 2002, pp. 267–271