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In Lieu of Birthday Greetings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

B. J. Birch
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK
Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène
Affiliation:
C.N.R.S., U.M.R. 8628, Mathématiques, Bâtiment 425, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France
G. K. Sankaran
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, England
Miles Reid
Affiliation:
Math Inst., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England
Alexei Skorobogatov
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England
Miles Reid
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Alexei Skorobogatov
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
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This is a volume of papers in honour of Peter Swinnerton-Dyer's 75th birthday; we very much regret that it appears a few months late owing to the usual kind of publication delays. This preface contains four sections of reminiscences, attempting the impossible task of outlining Peter's many-sided contributions to human culture. Section 5 is the editor's summary of the 12 papers making up the book, and the preface ends with a bibliographical section of Peter's papers to date.

Peter's first sixty years in Mathematics by Bryan Birch

Peter Swinnerton-Dyer wrote his first paper as a young schoolboy just 60 years ago, under the abbreviated name P. S. Dyer; in it, he gave a new parametric solution for x4 + y4 = z4 + t4. It is very appropriate that his first paper was on the arithmetic of surfaces, the theme that recurs most often in his mathematical work; indeed, for several years he was almost the only person writing substantial papers on the subject; and he is still writing papers about the arithmetic of surfaces sixty years later. Peter went straight from school to Trinity College (National Service had not quite been introduced); after his BA, he began research as an analyst, advised by J E Littlewood.

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  • In Lieu of Birthday Greetings
    • By B. J. Birch, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK, Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, C.N.R.S., U.M.R. 8628, Mathématiques, Bâtiment 425, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France, G. K. Sankaran, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, England, Miles Reid, Math Inst., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England, Alexei Skorobogatov, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England
  • Edited by Miles Reid, University of Warwick, Alexei Skorobogatov, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
  • Book: Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734946.001
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    • By B. J. Birch, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK, Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, C.N.R.S., U.M.R. 8628, Mathématiques, Bâtiment 425, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France, G. K. Sankaran, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, England, Miles Reid, Math Inst., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England, Alexei Skorobogatov, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England
  • Edited by Miles Reid, University of Warwick, Alexei Skorobogatov, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
  • Book: Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734946.001
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  • In Lieu of Birthday Greetings
    • By B. J. Birch, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK, Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène, C.N.R.S., U.M.R. 8628, Mathématiques, Bâtiment 425, Université de Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France, G. K. Sankaran, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, England, Miles Reid, Math Inst., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England, Alexei Skorobogatov, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England
  • Edited by Miles Reid, University of Warwick, Alexei Skorobogatov, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
  • Book: Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry
  • Online publication: 04 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734946.001
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