TL;DR
This article surveys the life and mathematical achievements of Alan Baker, a renowned Fields Medalist known for his work on linear forms in logarithms and their implications.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of Alan Baker's contributions to mathematics, highlighting his groundbreaking work and numerous honors.
Findings
Baker's work on linear forms in logarithms revolutionized number theory.
He received the Fields Medal in 1970 for his outstanding mathematical achievements.
Baker's influence extended through numerous awards and international honors.
Abstract
Alan Baker, Fields Medallist, died on 4th February 2018 in Cambridge England after a severe stroke a few days earlier. In 1970 he was awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress in Nice on the basis of his outstanding work on linear forms in logarithms and its consequences. Since then he received many honours including the prestigious Adams Prize of Cambridge University, the election to the Royal Society (1973) and the Academia Europaea; and he was made an honorary fellow of University College London, a foreign fellow of the Indian Academy of Science, a foreign fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India, an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. In this article we survey Alan Baker's achievements.
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TopicsPolynomial and algebraic computation · History and Theory of Mathematics · Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems