Gérard Laumon
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Lyon, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure Paris-Sud 11 University
Known for	Work on Langlands program
Awards	Clay Research Award (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Paris-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisor	Luc Illusie
Doctoral students	Laurent Lafforgue Ngô Bảo Châu Sophie Morel

Gérard Laumon (French: [lomɔ̃]; born 1952) is a French mathematician, best known for his results in number theory, for which he was awarded the Clay Research Award.

Life and work

Laumon studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay.^[1] He was awarded the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1987, and the E. Dechelle prize of the French Academy of the Sciences in 1992.^[2]

In 2004, Laumon and Ngô Bảo Châu received the Clay Research Award for the proof of the fundamental lemma for unitary groups, a component in the Langlands program in number theory.

In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[3]

Awards

• Clay Research Award
• CNRS Silver Medal
• E. Dechelle Prize of the French Academy of Sciences

References

External links

• Laumon's CMI lecture
• Audio recording on a lecture at the Field Institute titled "On the fundamental lemma for unitary groups"