Paulo Ribenboim belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Paulo Ribenboim as Brazilian mathematician.
Paulo Ribenboim was born at Recife in 1928. His recorded nationality is Brazil. He studied at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Nancy-Université.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Queen's University, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics, number theory and algebra.
His principal contribution is The Little Book of Bigger Primes. Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1969).
That the work was done from Brazil matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada — 1969
- Notable work: The Little Book of Bigger Primes
- Held posts at Queen's University, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Fields: mathematics, number theory and algebra
