Dimitris Koukoulopoulos

Dimitris Koukoulopoulos
Born	1984 (age 40–41)
Alma mater	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BA) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (MS, PhD)
Known for	Proving the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture
Scientific career
Fields	Analytic number theory
Institutions	University of Montreal
Website	https://dms.umontreal.ca/~koukoulo/

Dimitris Koukoulopoulos (born 1984) is a Greek mathematician working in analytic number theory as a professor at the University of Montreal.^[1][2]

In 2019, in joint work with James Maynard, he proved the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture.^[3][4][5][6]

He was an invited speaker at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians.^[7]

He was the 2022 recipient of the Ribenboim Prize of the Canadian Number Theory Association.^[8]

Publications

• Koukoulopoulos, Dimitris (2019). The distribution of prime numbers. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-1-4704-4754-0. OCLC 1113143297.

References

1. "Koukoulopoulos, Dimitris, 1984- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
2. "Dimitris Koukoulopoulos". homepage at University of Montreal.
3. Koukoulopoulos, Dimitris; Maynard, James (2020). "On the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture". Annals of Mathematics. 192 (1): 251. arXiv:1907.04593. doi:10.4007/annals.2020.192.1.5. JSTOR 10.4007/annals.2020.192.1.5. S2CID 195874052.
4. Hartnett, Kevin (2019-08-14). "New Proof Settles How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi". Quanta Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
5. "Greek Mathematician Solves 78-Year-Old Riddle". GreekReporter.com. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
6. Sloman, Leila. "New Proof Solves 80-Year-Old Irrational Number Problem". Scientific American. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
7. "ICM Number Theory and Geometry in Zurich".
8. Cesari, Marion (2024-06-20). "2022 Ribenboim Prize Awarded to Dimitris Koukoulopoulos". Site officiel du Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM). Retrieved 2025-11-01.