Henri Cohen (number theorist)

Henri Cohen (born 8 June 1947) is a number theorist, and a Professor at the University of Bordeaux. He is best known for leading the team that created the PARI/GP computer algebra system. He introduced the Rankin–Cohen bracket and has written several textbooks in computational and algebraic number theory.

Henri Cohen in 2007
Photo courtesy MFO

Selected publications

• Cohen, Henri (1996). A Course In Computational Algebraic Number Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 138. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-55640-0. 3rd, corrected printing; 2nd correct. print 1995; 1st printing 1993[1]
• Cohen, Henri (2000). Advanced Topics in Computational Number Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 193. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-98727-4.
• Cohen, Henri (2006). Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Chapman & Hall/CRC. ISBN 978-1-58488-518-4.
• Cohen, Henri (2007). Number Theory – Volume I: Tools and Diophantine Equations. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 239. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-49922-2.
• Cohen, Henri (2007). Number Theory – Volume II: Analytic and Modern Tools. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 240. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-49893-5.

References

1. Trotter, Hale (1994). "Review: A course in computational algebraic number theory by Henri Cohen" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 31 (2): 312–318. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1994-00542-7.

External links

• Personal web page
• Henri Cohen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project