Gave solution of the three Weil conjectures concerning generalizations of the Riemann hypothesis to finite fields. His work did much to unify algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory.

• 德利涅生于比利时，1978年获奖，他解决代数几何学中联系素数与有限域中代数方程根的个数的韦伊猜想，以简洁清晰的证明解决了这一代数几何的中心问题。