Preda Mihăilescu

Preda Mihăilescu
Mihailescu in 2001
Born (1955-05-23) 23 May 1955
Bucharest, Romania
Alma materETH Zürich
Known forproving
Catalan's conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
University of Paderborn
Doctoral advisor
Erwin Engeler
Hendrik Lenstra

Preda V. Mihăilescu (Romanian pronunciation: [mihə.iˈlesku]) (born 23 May 1955) is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of the Catalan's conjecture, first proposed in 1844.

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