Enrico Bombieri and Walter Gubler Receive 2008 AMS Doob Prize

January 7, 2008

Providence, RI:

Enrico Bombieri of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Walter Gubler of the University of Dortmund in Germany have received the 2008 AMS Joseph Doob Prize. Presented every three years by the American Mathematical Society, the Doob Prize recognizes a single, relatively recent, outstanding research book that makes a seminal contribution to the research literature, reflects the highest standards of research exposition, and promises to have a deep and long-term impact in its area. The prize was awarded today at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, California.

Bombieri and Gubler are honored for their book Heights in Diophantine Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 2006). "The book is a research monograph on all aspects of Diophantine geometry, both from the perspective of arithmetic geometry and of transcendental number theory," the prize citation states. "The key emphasis is on the (delicate) theory of heights which is developed with extraordinary precision and elegance... The book is a masterpiece in terms of its original approach, its unrivaled comprehensiveness and the sheer elegance of the exposition. There can be no doubt that this book will become the basis for the future development of this central subject of modern mathematics."

Find out more about AMS prizes at http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards.

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