Field Arithmetic

Field Arithmetic explores Diophantine fields through their absolute Galois groups. The treatment starts with techniques from algebraic geometry, number theory, and profinite groups. Graduate students can effectively learn generalizations of finite field ideas.

Moshe Jarden (revised and considerably enlarged the book in 2004 (2nd edition) and revised again in 2007 (the present 3rd edition).

Born on 23 August, 1942 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Education:
Ph.D. 1969 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on
"Rational Points of Algebraic Varieties over Large Algebraic Fields".
Thesis advisor: H. Furstenberg.
Habilitation at Heidelberg University, 1972, on
"Model Theory Methods in the Theory of Fields".

Positions:
Dozent, Heidelberg University, 1973-1974.
Seniour Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 1974-1978
Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University, 1978-1982
Professor, Tel Aviv University, 1982-
Incumbent of the Cissie and Aaron Beare Chair,
Tel Aviv University. 1998-

Academic and Professional Awards Fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Heidelberg, 1971-1973.
Fellowship of Minerva Foundation, 1982.
Chairman of the Israel Mathematical Society, 1986-1988.
Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1983, 1988.
Editor of the Israel Journal of Mathematics, 1992-.
Landau Prize for the book "Field Arithmetic". 1987.
Director of the Minkowski Center for Geometry founded by the Minerva Foundation, 1997-.
L. Meitner-A.v.Humboldt Research Prize, 2001
Member, Max-Planck Institut f\"ur Mathematik in Bonn, 2001.