Bernard Dwork
Bernard Morris Dwork (May 27, 1923 – May 9, 1998) was an American mathematician, known for his application of p-adic analysis to local zeta functions, and in particular for a proof of the first part of the Weil conjectures: the rationality of the zeta-function of a variety over a finite field. The general theme of Dwork's research was p-adic cohomology and p-adic differential equations. He published two papers under the pseudonym Maurizio Boyarsky.
Bernard Dwork | |
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| Born | May 27, 1923 New York City, US |
| Died | May 9, 1998 (aged 74) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Awards | Cole Prize (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Artin John Tate |
| Doctoral students | Stefan Burr Nick Katz |
Career
Dwork received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1954 under direction of Emil Artin (his formal advisor was John Tate); Nick Katz was one of his students.[1][2]
For his proof of the first part of the Weil conjectures, Dwork received (together with Kenkichi Iwasawa) the Cole Prize in 1962.[1] He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964.
Personal life
Dwork is the father of computer scientist Cynthia Dwork, who received the Dijkstra Prize and is now continuing as a Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University. His other daughter, historian Deborah Dwork, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993. Additionally, his son Andrew Dwork works as a Professor of Clinical Pathology and Cell Biology (in Psychiatry), at Columbia University, focusing his work on neuropathology of psychiatric disorders.
See also
References
- Memorial article – by Nick Katz and John Tate.
- Bernard Dwork at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.