Bernard Teissier
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Bernard Teissier | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Alma mater | Paris Diderot University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Paris Diderot University Paris-Sud 11 University University of Tehran |
| Doctoral advisor | Heisuke Hironaka |
| Doctoral students | François Loeser David Trotman |
Bernard Teissier (French pronunciation: [tɛsje]; born 1945)[1] is a French mathematician and a member of the Nicolas Bourbaki group. He has made major contributions to algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, specifically to singularity theory, multiplicity theory[2][3] and valuation theory.
Teissier attained his doctorate from Paris Diderot University in 1973, under supervision of Heisuke Hironaka.[4] He was a member and a leading figure of Nicolas Bourbaki.[5] Along with Alain Connes, he gave the 1975/1976 Peccot Lectures. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematics at Warsaw in 1983.[6]
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7]
