Preda Mihăilescu

Preda Mihăilescu
Mihailescu in 2001
Born (1955-05-23) 23 May 1955
Bucharest, Romania
Alma materETH Zürich
Known forproving
Catalan's conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
University of Paderborn
Doctoral advisorErwin Engeler
Hendrik Lenstra

Preda V. Mihăilescu (Romanian pronunciation: [mihə.iˈlesku]) (born 23 May 1955) is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of the Catalan's conjecture, first proposed in 1844.

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