Mathematician
Peter Sarnak
Analytic number theory, and expander graphs built from it.
Peter Clive Sarnak is a South African and American mathematician. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He has also been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory. He was member of the Board of Adjudicators and for one period chairman of the selection committee for the Mathematics award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.
- Born
- 1953-12-18, Johannesburg, South AfricaA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1953-12-18, Johannesburg, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Johannesburgthe zone used then
Africa/JohannesburgThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 26°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 29°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 11°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 16°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 28°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 20°45′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 6°20′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 22°04′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 25°36′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°54′ | Retrograde |
Peter Sarnak is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Peter Sarnak was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.