Dinesh Thakur (mathematician)
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Dinesh S. Thakur (born 1961) is an Indian
mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
and a professor of mathematics at
University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
. Before moving to Rochester, Thakur was a professor at
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
. His main research interest is
number theory Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...
.


Early life

Thakur was born in Mumbai, India. He attended
Balmohan Vidyamandir Balmohan Vidyamandir was founded on 3 June 1940 by Late Shri. S.D.Rege alias "Dada" as he was fondly known amongst his students, parents and the community, was a teacher par excellence. The School was named "Balmohan Vidyamandir". "Balmohan" bei ...
School in Bombay and completed his undergraduate education at Ruia College,
University of Bombay University of Mumbai is a public university, public List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, state university in Mumbai. It is one of the List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, largest univ ...
. He got his Ph.D. in 1987 at
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
under the guidance of Professor John Tate.


Career

Thakur has spent three and half years at
Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including Albert Ein ...
, Princeton and three years at
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a leading research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai. It also has a centres in ...
, Bombay. He held positions at
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...
and
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
. He moved to
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
in 1993. He joined
University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
in July 2013. Thakur wrote a research monograph ''Function Field Arithmetic''. Thakur has been serving on the editorial boards of ''
Journal of Number Theory The ''Journal of Number Theory'' (''JNT'') is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of number theory. The journal was established in 1969 by R.P. Bambah, P. Roquette, A. Ross, A. Woods, and H. Zassenhaus (Ohio State Univ ...
'', ''
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'', and ''P-adic Numbers, Ultrametric Analysis and Applications''. Thakur is a founding member of-and for 15 years a participant in-the NSF-funded Southwest Center for Arithmetic Geometry and the Arizona Winter School. He was elected as a member of the 2017 class of
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s of the
American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...
"for contributions to the arithmetic of function fields, exposition, and service to the mathematical community".


Work

His main work has been in number theory, where he has been instrumental in developing various aspects of function field arithmetic and arithmetic geometry.


References


External links


Home Page at University of RochesterFunction Field ArithmeticMathematics GenealogyList of publications
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Dinesh S. 1961 births Living people 21st-century Indian mathematicians Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Indian expatriates in the United States Indian number theorists Scientists from Maharashtra University of Michigan faculty University of Mumbai alumni University of Rochester faculty