Paul Vojta

Paul Vojta
Born	(1957-09-30) September 30, 1957
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Minnesota
Known for	Vojta's conjecture
Awards	Cole Prize (1992) Putnam Fellow
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Barry Mazur

Paul Alan Vojta (born September 30, 1957) is an American mathematician, known for his work in number theory on Diophantine geometry and Diophantine approximation.

Contributions

In formulating Vojta's conjecture, he pointed out the possible existence of parallels between the Nevanlinna theory of complex analysis, and diophantine analysis in the circle of ideas around the Mordell conjecture and abc conjecture. This suggested the importance of the integer solutions (affine space) aspect of diophantine equations.

Vojta wrote the .dvi-previewer xdvi. He also wrote a vi clone.

Education and career

He was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, where he became a Putnam Fellow in 1977, and a doctoral student at Harvard University (1983). He currently is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Awards and honors

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Selected publications

• Diophantine Approximations and Value Distribution Theory, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1239, Springer Verlag, 1987, ISBN 978-3-540-17551-3

External links

• Vojta's home page
• Paul Vojta's results at International Mathematical Olympiad