Michael Artin
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Michael Artin is an American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics Department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.
Michael Artin in 1999
Oscar Zariski
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Oscar Zariski was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
Michael Artin
…at Princeton University, receiving an A.B. in 1955. He then moved to Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. in 1960 under the supervision of Oscar Zariski, defending a thesis about Enriques surfaces. In the early 1960s, Artin spent time at the IHÉS in France, contributing to the SGA4 volumes of the Séminaire…
Oscar Zariski (1899–1986)