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Matthew Emerton

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Matthew Emerton
Born (1971-11-09) 9 November 1971 (age 52)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
Thesis 2-Adic Modular Forms of minimal slope  (1998)
Doctoral advisorBarry Mazur

Matthew James Emerton (born 9 November 1971) is an Australian mathematician who is a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago.[1] His research interests include number theory, especially the theory of automorphic forms.[1]

Early life and education

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He earned his PhD in 1998 from Harvard University (where he studied under Barry Mazur and his PhD thesis was titled "2-Adic Modular Forms of Minimal Slope" [2]) and a BS (honors) from the University of Melbourne.[3]

Career

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After postdoctoral positions at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, Emerton joined the Northwestern University mathematics department as an assistant professor in 2001. He became an associate professor in 2005 and a full professor in 2008. He joined the University of Chicago faculty in 2011.[4]

Emerton introduced the notion of completed cohomology, which has proved to be a useful tool in the study of the p-adic theory of automorphic forms.[5] Using this theory, together with the work of Colmez on the p-adic Langlands program, he posted a preprint in 2011 proving many cases of the Fontaine--Mazur conjecture.[5]

Awards

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Emerton was a Sloan fellow in 1997[4] and was an invited speaker at the 2014 ICM in Seoul where he gave a talk entitled "Completed cohomology and the p-adic Langlands program".[6]

Social media

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Emerton formally ranked among the top 0.25% users of MathOverflow,[7] where he used to be a frequent contributor, known for his expository pieces on the Langlands program, his posts on algebraic geometry, and his posts on number theory.[8] He has also been noted for his helpful comments on math blogs.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Matthew Emerton's Research Interests". Math.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. ^ "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Matthew Emerton". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Matthew Emerton". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Matthew James Emerton Curriculum Vitae — September 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Local-global compatibility in the p-adic Langlands programme for GL2/Q" (PDF).
  6. ^ ICM2014 VideoSeries IL3.2 : Matthew Emerton on Aug14Thu, retrieved 11 February 2020
  7. ^ "User Emerton - MathOverflow". Mathoverflow.net. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Too Much Ain't Enough Langlands". Math.columbia.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ^ Speyer, David (22 April 2009). "Matthew Emerton is smart and helpful". Secret Blogging Seminar. Retrieved 11 February 2020.