Michel Raynaud

Not to be confused with Michèle Raynaud.

Michel Raynaud
Born	16 June 1938 (1938-06-16) (age 73) Riom, France
Nationality	France
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Paris-Sud 11 University
Alma mater	Paris-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisor	Alexander Grothendieck
Doctoral students	Lucile Begueri Renee Elkik Arnaud Soucaris
Known for	Proving the Abhyankar's conjecture, Manin-Mumford conjecture
Notable awards	Cole Prize (1995) Prize Ampère (1987)

Michel Raynaud (born 16 June 1938) is a French mathematician working in algebraic geometry. Since 1967 he has been a professor at Paris-Sud 11 University.

In 1983 he published a proof of the Manin-Mumford conjecture.

In 1987 he received the Prize Ampère from the Académie des Sciences. In 1995 he received the Cole Prize, together with David Harbater, for his solution of the Abhyankar conjecture.

See also

• Raynaud surface

External links

• Michel Raynaud at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• Cole Prize citation for Michel Raynaud

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Name	Raynaud, Michel
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Date of birth	16 June 1938
Place of birth	Riom, France
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