Peter Sarnak

Peter Sarnak
FRS MAE
Peter Sarnak FRS MAE
Born	Peter Clive Sarnak; 18 December 1953 (age 70); Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South Africa; United States
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand (BSc); Stanford University (PhD)
Known for	Systolic geometry; Hafner–Sarnak–McCurley constant;
Awards	George Pólya Prize (1998) ; Ostrowski Prize (2001) ; Levi L. Conant Prize (2003) ; Cole Prize (2005) ; Wolf Prize (2014) ; Sylvester Medal (2019)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Courant Institute; New York University; Stanford University; Princeton University; Institute for Advanced Study
Thesis	Prime geodesic theorems (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Cohen
Doctoral students	Andrew Booker; Giuliana Davidoff; William Duke; Alex Eskin; Harald Helfgott; Steven J. Miller; Jonathan Pila; Kannan Soundararajan; Jacob Tsimerman; Akshay Venkatesh; Alexandru Zaharescu;
Website	www.math.ias.edu/people/faculty/sarnak

Peter Clive Sarnak FRS MAE^[3] (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities.^[1] Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007.^[4] He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory.^[4] He also sits on the Board of Adjudicators and the selection committee for the Mathematics award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sarnak, Peter. "CV February 2012" (PDF).
^ Peter Sarnak at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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^ ^a ^b "Faculty: School of Mathematics". Institute for Advanced Study. 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

[cv-1] Sarnak, Peter. "CV February 2012" (PDF).

[mathgene-2] Peter Sarnak at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[frs-3] Cite error: The named reference frs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-4] "Faculty: School of Mathematics". Institute for Advanced Study. 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

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Peter Sarnak FRS MAE

Born	Peter Clive Sarnak (1953-12-18) 18 December 1953 (age 70) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South Africa^[1] United States^[1]
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand (BSc) Stanford University (PhD)
Known for	Systolic geometry Hafner–Sarnak–McCurley constant
Awards	George Pólya Prize (1998) Ostrowski Prize (2001) Levi L. Conant Prize (2003) Cole Prize (2005) Wolf Prize (2014) Sylvester Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Courant Institute New York University Stanford University Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study
Thesis	Prime geodesic theorems (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Cohen^[1]^[2]
Doctoral students	Andrew Booker Giuliana Davidoff William Duke Alex Eskin Harald Helfgott Steven J. Miller Jonathan Pila Kannan Soundararajan Jacob Tsimerman Akshay Venkatesh Alexandru Zaharescu

Website	www.math.ias.edu/people/faculty/sarnak