Philipp Habegger (born 23 July 1978) is a Swiss mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

who works in

Diophantine geometry In mathematics, Diophantine geometry is the study of Diophantine equations by means of powerful methods in algebraic geometry. By the 20th century it became clear for some mathematicians that methods of algebraic geometry are ideal tools to study ...

Early life and education

Habegger was born on 23 July 1978. He received his Ph.D. under the supervision of David Masser at the

in 2007.

Career

From 2008 to 2010, Habegger was a ETH Fellow at ETH Zurich. He moved to the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

for a lectureship position in 2010. In 2013, he was a von Neumann Fellow at the

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent schola ...

. As of 2021, Habegger is a professor of mathematics at the

Research

Habegger's research focuses on

height function A height function is a function that quantifies the complexity of mathematical objects. In Diophantine geometry, height functions quantify the size of solutions to Diophantine equations and are typically functions from a set of points on algeb ...

s and their applications to unlikely intersections.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Habegger, Philipp 21st-century Swiss mathematicians University of Basel alumni Arithmetic geometers Living people Academic staff of the University of Basel 1978 births Academic staff of the University of Zurich Academic staff of ETH Zurich