André Weil is responsible for important advances in algebraic geometry, group theory, and number theory and belonged to the group of French mathematicians who published many important works under the collective pseudonym of Nicolas Bourbaki....

1906-1998 Mathematician A member of the Nicolas Bourbaki circle, André Weil advanced studies of mathematics in a variety of areas, including algebraic geometry, group theory, and number theory. Considered one of the twentieth century's...

André Weil (May 6, 1906 - August 6, 1998) (pronounced [ɑ̃dʁe vɛj][1]) was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, whether measured by his research work, its influence on future work, exposition or breadth. He is known for his...

Andre Weil, a former professor at the Institute for Advanced Study whose work laid new foundations for basic mathematics, has died. Weil, 92, who died Thursday, won the equivalent of the Nobel Prize, which is not awarded in mathematics, in 1994 when he...

BY MOST people's standards, Andre Weil, a French intellectual who influenced the course of modern mathematics, had a bad war. So bad, in fact, that his admirers find his record in 1939-45 an immense embarrassment, especially as he was the brother of Simone...