Nationality French Fields Mathematics Known for Dynamical systems Doctoral advisor Michael Herman | Name Jean-Christophe Yoccoz Awards Fields Medal, Salem Prize Role Mathematician | |
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Born May 29, 1957 (age 66)
Paris, France ( 1957-05-29 ) Alma mater Ecole Normale Superieure
Ecole Polytechnique
Paris-Sud 11 University
College de France Doctoral students Sylvain Crovisier
Ricardo Perez-Marco Education Ecole Polytechnique, Lycee Louis-le-Grand, Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Paris-Sud People also search for Michael Herman, S. Marmi, John Charles Fields | ||
Notable awards Salem Prize, Fields Medal | ||
Interview au cirm jean christophe yoccoz
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (May 29, 1957 – September 3, 2016) was a French mathematician. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1994, for his work on dynamical systems.
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- Interview au cirm jean christophe yoccoz
- Billard et chaos math matique jean christophe yoccoz
- Biography
- Mathematical work
- References
Billard et chaos math matique jean christophe yoccoz
Biography
Yoccoz attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, during which time he was a silver medalist at the 1973 International Mathematical Olympiad and a gold medalist in 1974. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1975, and completed an agrégation in mathematics in 1977. After completing military service in Brazil, he completed his Ph.D. under Michael Herman in 1985 at the École Polytechnique. He took up a position at the University of Paris-Sud in 1987, and became a professor at the Collège de France in 1997, where he remained until his death. He was a member of Bourbaki.
Yoccoz won the Salem Prize in 1988. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1990 at Kyoto, and was awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1994 in Zürich. He joined the French Academy of Sciences and Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 1994, became a chevalier in the French Legion of Honor in 1995, and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit in 1998.
Mathematical work
Yoccoz's worked on the theory of dynamical systems, his contributions include advances to KAM theory, and the introduction of the method of Yoccoz puzzles, a combinatorial technique which proved useful to the study of Julia sets.