Bernard Dacorogna

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Nationality Switzerland Doctoral advisor John M. Ball Academic advisor John M. Ball		Fields Mathematics Field Mathematics

Born 15 October 1953 (age 63) Alexandria, Egypt ( 1953-10-15 ) Institutions École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Alma maters University of Geneva, Heriot-Watt University Institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Books Direct Methods in the Calcu, Introduction to the Calculus, Implicit partial differentia, The Pullback Equation, Weak Continuity and Wea Similar Paolo Marcellini, Nicola Fusco, John M Ball, Lawrence C Evans, Luigi Ambrosio

Bernard Dacorogna is a Swiss mathematician, born 15th October 1953, in Alexandria, Egypt. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and his Ph. D. at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, U.K. in 1980 under the supervision of John M. Ball. He is professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He is a specialist of the calculus of variations and of partial differential equations. He has written several articles and books.

Books

Weak continuity and weak lower semi-continuity of non linear functionals; Lecture Notes in Math. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Vol. 922 (1982). PDF According to WorldCat, the book is held in 419 libraries

Direct methods in the calculus of variations; Springer-Verlag, New-York (1989), 2nd ed. (2007). According to WorldCat, the book is held in 625 libraries PDF.

Introduction to the calculus of variations; Imperial College Press, London (2004), 2nd ed. (2009), 3rd ed (2014); According to WorldCat, the book is held in 882 libraries. PDF.

Implicit partial differential equations; avec P. Marcellini, Birkhaüser, PNLDE Series, Boston, 37 (1999). PDF

The pullback equation for differential forms; with G. Csato et O. Kneuss, Birkhaüser, PNLDE Series, New York, 83 (2012). PDF

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