Peter Swinnerton-Dyer and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture

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Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, expert on number theory who was co-creator of the ‘beautiful’ Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture – obituary

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituar...eter-swinnerton-dyer-expert-number-theory-co/

 

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Here's some background info on the Birch Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture, a talk Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas from the 2001 University of Texas Lectures on the Millennium Problems:



and an in-depth interview with Sir Peter circa 2008:

 

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Requiescat in pace, good Sir