Enrico Bombieri
IBM Von Neumann
Professor
School of Mathematics

Enrico Bombieri is one of the world’s leading authorities on number theory and analysis. His work ranges from analytic number theory to algebra and algebraic geometry, and the partial differential equations of minimal surfaces. He was awarded the Fields Medal for his work on the large sieve and its application to the distribution of prime numbers. In the past decade, his main contributions have been in the active area of Diophantine approximation and Diophantine geometry, exploring questions on how to solve equations and inequalities in integers and rational numbers. Some of the above topics, in particular those related to prime number theory, have potential practical applications to cryptography and security of data transmission and identification.

Ph.D., University of Milan, 1963; Professor, University of Pisa, 1966; Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore at Pisa, 1974; Member, Accademia Nazionale, Rome, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Royal Swedish Academy, French Académie des Sciences, Academia Europaea, National Academy of Sciences; Fields Medal, 1974; Feltrinelli Prize, 1976; Balzan Prize, 1980; Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica, Italy, 2002; Institute for Advanced Study, Member, 1973-74, Professor, 1977-84, IBM von Neumann Professor, 1984-.