Jean Bourgain
Jean Bourgain (born Ostend, February 28, 1954), is a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is noted as a prolific problem-solver.
His work is in various areas of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, analytic number theory, combinatorics, ergodic theory and partial differential equations. It has been recognised by a number of awards, most notably the Fields Medal in 1994.
External links
- Jean Bourgain homepage
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Jean Bourgain". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
| Fields Medalists |
1936: Ahlfors • Douglas || 1950: Schwartz • Selberg || 1954: Kodaira • Serre || 1958: Roth • Thom || 1962: Hörmander • Milnor || 1966: Atiyah • Cohen • Grothendieck • Smale || 1970: Baker • Hironaka • Novikov • Thompson || 1974: Bombieri • Mumford || 1978: Deligne • Fefferman • Margulis • Quillen || 1982: Connes • Thurston • Yau || 1986: Donaldson • Faltings • Freedman || 1990: Drinfeld • Jones • Mori • Witten || 1994: Zelmanov • Lions • Bourgain • Yoccoz || 1998: Borcherds • Gowers • Kontsevich • McMullen || 2002: Lafforgue • Voevodsky || 2006: Okounkov • Perelman • Tao • Werner |
Categories
1954 births | Living people | Belgian mathematicians | 20th century mathematicians | Mathematical analysts | Fields Medalists