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Jean-Pierre Serre: An Overview of His Work

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For more than five decades, the mathematical contributions of Jean-Pierre Serre have played an essential role in the development of several areas of mathematics. The present paper aims to provide an overview of his work. The selected references include his books, most of the papers collected in his Œuvres, as well as some of his more recent publications.

Research supported in part by MTM2006-04895.

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  1. Serre, J.-P.: Œuvres, Collected Papers, vol. I (1949–1959), vol. II (1960–1971), vol. III (1972–1984); vol. IV (1985–1998). Springer, Berlin (1986; 2000)

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  2. Serre, J.-P.: Groupes algébriques et corps de classes. Hermann, Paris (1959); 2nd edn. 1975 [translated into English and Russian]

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  3. Serre, J.-P.: Corps locaux. Hermann, Paris (1962); 4th edn. 2004 [translated into English]

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  13. Serre, J.-P.: Topics in Galois Theory. Jones & Bartlett, Boston (1992), written with the help of H. Darmon; 2nd edn., AK Peters, 2008

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Bayer, P. (2010). Jean-Pierre Serre: An Overview of His Work. In: Holden, H., Piene, R. (eds) The Abel Prize. The Abel Prize. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01373-7_4

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