Dimitris Koukoulopoulos

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Dimitris Koukoulopoulos
Born1984
Alma mater
Known forProving the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsAnalytic number theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Montreal
Website https://dms.umontreal.ca/~koukoulo/

Dimitris Koukoulopoulos (born 1984) is a Greek mathematician working in analytic number theory as a professor at the University of Montreal. [1] [2]

In 2019, in joint work with James Maynard, he proved the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture. [3] [4] [5] [6]

He was an invited speaker at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians. [7]

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References

  1. "Koukoulopoulos, Dimitris, 1984- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. "Dimitris Koukoulopoulos". homepage at University of Montreal.
  3. Koukoulopoulos, Dimitris; Maynard, James (2020). "On the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture". Annals of Mathematics. 192 (1): 251. arXiv: 1907.04593 . doi:10.4007/annals.2020.192.1.5. JSTOR   10.4007/annals.2020.192.1.5. S2CID   195874052.
  4. Hartnett, Kevin (2019-08-14). "New Proof Settles How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. "Greek Mathematician Solves 78-Year-Old Riddle". GreekReporter.com. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. Sloman, Leila. "New Proof Solves 80-Year-Old Irrational Number Problem". Scientific American. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  7. "ICM Number Theory and Geometry in Zurich".