LaurentLafforgue 2006-10-11 17:03:53 2006-10-17 12:52:05 Biography % this is the default PlanetMath preamble. as your knowledge % of TeX increases, you will probably want to edit this, but % it should be fine as is for beginners. % almost certainly you want these \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} % used for TeXing text within eps files %\usepackage{psfrag} % need this for including graphics (\includegraphics) %\usepackage{graphicx} % for neatly defining theorems and propositions %\usepackage{amsthm} % making logically defined graphics %\usepackage{xypic} % there are many more packages, add them here as you need them % define commands here \emph{Laurent Lafforgue} (born 1966) French mathematician, educator and research director of \PMlinkescapetext{Centre} National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). After earning \PMlinkescapetext{degrees} in arithmetic and algebraic geometry, Lafforgue proved Langland's conjectures on $GL_n$ of a function field. In 2002 he was awarded the Fields medal.