François Labourie
French mathematician
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François Labourie (born 15 December 1960) is a French mathematician who has made various contributions to geometry, including pseudoholomorphic curves, Anosov diffeomorphisms, and convex geometry. In a series of papers with Yves Benoist and Patrick Foulon, he solved a conjecture on Anosov flows in compact contact manifolds.
Born15 December 1960
Rouen, Upper Normandy, France
EducationParis Diderot University
AwardsGrand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (2016)
Carrière Prize (1993)
EMS Prize (1992)
Carrière Prize (1993)
EMS Prize (1992)
FieldsMathematics
François Labourie | |
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| Born | 15 December 1960 Rouen, Upper Normandy, France |
| Education | Paris Diderot University |
| Awards | Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (2016) Carrière Prize (1993) EMS Prize (1992) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Workplaces | Paris-Sud 11 University |
| Thesis | Géométrie et topologie des surfaces localement convexes: limite d'immersions isométriques (1987) |
| Mikhail Gromov Marcel Berger | |
He was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris Diderot University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1987 under supervision of Mikhail Gromov and Marcel Berger.[1] In 1992 he was awarded one of the inaugural prizes of the European Mathematical Society. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.[2]
