Professor John Henry Coates, FRS (born January 26, 1945) is a mathematician who holds (since 1986) the position of Sadleirian Professor (of pure mathematics) at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Leonhard Euler is considered by many people to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is mathematics. ... The Sadleirian Chair is a Professorship in pure mathematics at Cambridge University. ... Broadly speaking, pure mathematics is mathematics motivated entirely for reasons other than application. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Coates was born in New South Wales, Australia, and studied at the Australian National University from which he gained a B.Sc. degree. He then moved to France, doing further study at the École Normale Superieure in Paris, before moving again to England. There he did postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge, his doctoral dissertation being on p-adic analogues of Baker's method. Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Australian National University (ANU), is a university located in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... The quadrangle at the main ENS building on rue dUlm is known as the Cour aux Ernests – the Ernests being the goldfish in the pond. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... The p-adic number systems were first described by Kurt Hensel in 1897. ... Alan Baker (born on August 19, 1939) is an English mathematician. ...

In 1969, Coates was appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Harvard University in the United States, before moving again in 1972 to Stanford University where he became an associate professor. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Stanford redirects here. ...

In 1975, he returned to England where he was made a fellow of Emmanuel College, and took up a lectureship. Here he supervised the PhD of Andrew Wiles, the mathematician who went on to find a proof of Fermat's last theorem - in which Coates's work on elliptic curves, Iwasawa theory, and p-adic L-functions helped greatly. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... Full name Emmanuel College Motto - Named after Immanuel Previous names - Established 1584 Sister College(s) Exeter College Master The Lord Wilson of Dinton Location Regent Street Undergraduates 494 Postgraduates 98 Homepage Boatclub Emmanuel front court and the Wren chapel Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge... Sir Andrew John Wiles (born April 11, 1953) is a British-American research mathematician at Princeton University in number theory. ... Pierre de Fermat Problem II.8 in the Arithmetica of Diophantus, annotated with Fermats comment which became Fermats Last Theorem (edition of 1670). ... In mathematics, an elliptic curve is a plane curve defined by an equation of the form y2 = x3 + a x + b, which is non-singular; that is, its graph has no cusps or self-intersections. ... In number theory, Iwasawa theory is a Galois module theory of ideal class groups, initiated by Kenkichi Iwasawa as part of the theory of cyclotomic fields. ... The p-adic number systems were first described by Kurt Hensel in 1897. ...

In 1977, Coates moved back to Australia, becoming a professor at the Australian National University, where he had been an undergraduate. The following year, he moved back to France, taking up a professorship at the University of Paris XI at Orsay. In 1985, he returned to the École Normale Superieure, this time as professor and director of mathematics. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Australian National University (ANU), is a university located in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. ... Musée dOrsay Exterior view in the afternoon Musée dOrsay Inside the main hall The Musée dOrsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ... This article is about the year. ...

He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1985, and was President of the London Mathematical Society from 1988 to 1990. The latter organisation awarded him the Senior Whitehead Prize in 1997, for "his fundamental research in number theory and for his many contributions to mathematical life both in the UK and internationally". The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... This article is about the year. ... The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is the leading mathematical society in England. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He now works in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) of the University of Cambridge, where he specialises in number theory, arithmetical algebraic geometry, and Iwasawa theory. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In mathematics, a Diophantine equation is an indeterminate polynomial equation that only allows the variables to be integers. ... In number theory, Iwasawa theory is a Galois module theory of ideal class groups, initiated by Kenkichi Iwasawa as part of the theory of cyclotomic fields. ...

External links

• John Henry Coates - biography page from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at the University of St Andrews
• DPMMS profile