Mathematician:Louis Joel Mordell

American-born British mathematician known for his pioneering research in number theory.

Nationality
British, American-born of Jewish Lithuaniuan ancestry

History

 * Born: 28 January 1888, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 * Died: 12 March 1972, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Mordell's Equation
 * Mordell's Theorem
 * Mordell's Conjecture, now known as Faltings' Theorem
 * Mordell-Weil Theorem (with André Weil)
 * Chowla-Mordell Theorem (independently of Sarvadaman Chowla)