Barry Mazur

Barry Charles Mazur
Mazur in 1992
Born	(1937-12-19) December 19, 1937 (age 86) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Diophantine geometry Generalized Schoenflies conjecture Artin–Mazur zeta function Eilenberg–Mazur swindle Fontaine–Mazur conjecture Mazur manifold Mazur's Conjecture B Mazur's control theorem Mazur's torsion theorem
Awards	Chern Medal (2022) National Medal of Science (2011) Chauvenet Prize (1994) Cole Prize (1982) Veblen Prize (1966)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Ralph Fox R. H. Bing
Doctoral students	Nigel Boston Noam Elkies Jordan Ellenberg David Goss Fernando Q. Gouvêa Michael Harris Naomi Jochnowitz Daniel Kane Minhyong Kim Michael McQuillan Victor S. Miller Cathy O'Neil Glenn H. Stevens Paul Vojta

Barry Charles Mazur (/ˈmeɪzʊr/; born December 19, 1937) is an American mathematician and the Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University.^[1] His contributions to mathematics include his contributions to Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory, Mazur's torsion theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Mazur swindle in geometric topology, and the Mazur manifold in differential topology.