David Masser
David Masser FRS | |
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| Born | 8 November 1948 London, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Masser–Gramain constant Oesterlé–Masser conjecture Sparsely totient number |
| Awards | ICM Speaker (1983) Humboldt Prize (1991) Fellow of the Royal Society (2005) Member of the Academia Europaea (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Basel |
Doctoral advisor | Alan Baker |
Doctoral students | Philipp Habegger Paula Tretkoff |
David William Masser (born 8 November 1948) FRS is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel. He is known for his work in transcendental number theory, Diophantine approximation, and Diophantine geometry. With Joseph Oesterlé in 1985, Masser formulated the abc conjecture, which has been called "the most important unsolved problem in Diophantine analysis".