Ngô Bảo Châu
Ngô Bảo Châu | |
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Châu in 2010 | |
| Born | June 28, 1972 |
| Nationality | Vietnam France |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure Université de Paris-Sud |
| Known for | Proof of the fundamental lemma |
| Spouse | Nguyen Bao Thanh |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Clay Research Award (2004) Oberwolfach Prize (2007) Sophie Germain Prize (2007) Fields Medal (2010) Legion of Honour (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Université de Paris-Sud Institute for Advanced Study University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Gérard Laumon |
Ngô Bảo Châu (Vietnamese: [ŋo ɓa᷉ːw cəw], born June 28, 1972) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms (proposed by Robert Langlands and Diana Shelstad). He is the first Vietnamese national to have received the Fields Medal.