Haïm Brezis
| Haïm Brezis | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1, 1944 Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal |
| Nationality |  France |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Doctoral advisor | Gustave Choquet Jacques-Louis Lions |
| Doctoral students | Felipe Acker Philippe Bénilan Henri Berestycki Jean-Michel Coron Alain Haraux Pierre-Louis Lions Juan Luis Vázquez Suárez |
| Known for | Works in functional analysis and partial differential equations |
Haïm Brezis (born June 1, 1944) is a French mathematician who works in functional analysis and partial differential equations.
Born in Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal, France. Brezis is the son of Romanian immigrant father, who came to France in the 1930s, and his mother is a Jew who fled from Holland. His wife, Michal Govrin, a native Israeli, working as a novelist, poet, and theater director.[1] Brezis received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1972 under the supervision of Gustave Choquet. He is currently a Professor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. He is a member of the Academia Europaea (1988) and a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences (2003). He holds honorary doctorates at several universities.
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[edit] Works
- Opérateurs maximaux monotones (1973)
- Analyse Fonctionnelle. Théorie et Applications (1983)
- Haïm Brezis. Un mathématicien juif. Entretien Avec Jacques Vauthier. Collection Scientifiques & Croyants. Editions Beauchesne, 1999. ISBN 9782701013550, ISBN 270-1013356
- Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations, Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 10, 2010), ISBN 978-0387709130, ISBN 0387709134
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[edit] References
- ^ Dalia Karpel (2002-04-18). "Oh my love, comely as Jerusalem". Haaretz Daily Newspaper. http://www.haaretz.com/oh-my-love-comely-as-jerusalem-1.47474. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- People from Cantal
- French mathematicians
- Mathematical analysts
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- University of Paris alumni
- University of Paris faculty
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- French people of Romanian descent
- French Jews
- French Orthodox Jews
- PDE theorists
