Noam Elkies
Noam Elkies | |
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Noam Elkies in 2007 | |
| Born | August 25, 1966 New York City, US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Awards | Putnam Fellow Lester R. Ford Award (2004) Levi L. Conant Prize (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | Supersingular primes of a given elliptic curve over a number field (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Benedict Gross Barry Mazur |
| Doctoral students | Henry Cohn |
Noam David Elkies (born August 25, 1966) is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University. At age 26, he became the youngest professor to receive tenure at Harvard. He is also a pianist, chess national master, and chess composer.