Alan Baker (1939–2018)

Born 1939 CE, died 2018 CE.

Alan Baker (19 August 1939 – 4 February 2018) was an English mathematician, known for his work on effective methods in number theory, in particular those arising from transcendental number theory.

Text from the Wikipedia article Alan_Baker_(mathematician), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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