Peter Sarnak

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Sarnak
Occupation	Mathematician
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1953(1953-12-18)
Age	71
Birthplace	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Peter Sarnak Biography

Peter Sarnak is one of the most popular and richest Mathematician who was born on December 18, 1953 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Known best as a developer of the Hafner-Sarnak-McCurley mathematical constant, this South African-born mathematician taught at Princeton University, Stanford University, and New York University. In addition, he is well-known for his research on Ramanujan graphs he made significant contributions to the area of computer science.

He succeeded fellow mathematician , and Wolf Prize recipient He succeeded fellow mathematician and Wolf Prize recipient Andrew Wiles as Princeton University’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics. as Princeton University’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics.

Sarnak graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (BSc 1975, BSc(Hons) 1976) and Stanford University (PhD 1980), under the direction of Paul Cohen. Sarnak’s highly cited work (with A. Lubotzky and R. Philips) applied deep results in number theory to Ramanujan graphs, with connections to combinatorics and computer science.

He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 1990 in Kyoto and a plenary speaker at the ICM in 1998 in Berlin.

An ancestor from Johannesburg, South Africa, He later moved to America. United States.

Peter Sarnak Net Worth

Peter Sarnak is one of the richest Mathematician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Sarnak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After completing his bachelor’s degree in the South African University of the Witwatersrand, the doctor earned the Ph.D. at Stanford University.

The many mathematics awards he has received are among them his Award for Mathematics in the Year 2001 Ostrowski Prize, the 2005 Frank Nelson Cole Prize, and the 2014 Wolf Prize.

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

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Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Mathematician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Peter Sarnak celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.

Top Facts about Peter Sarnak

1. Peter Sarnak is a South African-born mathematician.
2. He was born on December 18, 1953.
3. Sarnak received his PhD from Stanford University in 1980.
4. He has made significant contributions to number theory and analysis.
5. Sarnak is a professor at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.
6. He has won numerous awards, including the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2002).
7. Sarnak is a fellow of the Royal Society and the American Mathematical Society.
8. His research interests include automorphic forms, L-functions, and random matrix theory.
9. Sarnak has published over 200 papers in mathematics journals.
10. He has mentored many successful mathematicians, including Terence Tao and Akshay Venkatesh.