Jean-Paul Pier
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July 5, 1933[1]
Université catholique de Louvain
Jean-Paul Pier | |
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 Jean-Paul Pier at the Centre universitaire de Luxembourg in 1980 | |
| Born | Jean-Paul Pier July 5, 1933[1] |
| Died | December 14, 2016 (aged 83)[1] Bettembourg, Luxembourg |
| Awards | Grand prix en sciences mathématiques de l'Institut grand-ducal (2011)[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Centre universitaire de Luxembourg, precursor to the Université du Luxembourg Université catholique de Louvain |
Jean-Paul Pier (July 5, 1933 – December 14, 2016) was a Luxembourgish mathematician, specializing in harmonic analysis and the history of mathematics, particularly mathematical analysis in the 20th century.
Jean-Paul Pier was a graduate student in Luxembourg and at the universities of Paris and Nancy. He earned a University of Luxembourg doctorate in mathematical sciences and a French doctorate in pure mathematics. He also spent six months at the Grenoble Nuclear Research Center (1961) and a year at the University of Oregon (1966-1967).
He taught mathematics at the Lycée de Garçons in Esch-sur-Alzette from 1956 to 1980. In 1971 he created the Séminaire de mathématiques[3] at the Centre universitaire de Luxembourg (now the University of Luxembourg). He was a professor at the Centre from its creation in 1974 until 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus.[4]
Pier was primarily responsible for the creation in January 1989 of the Luxembourg Mathematical Society,[5] of which he was president from 1989 to 1993 and again from 1995 to 1998. He was during the academic year 1994–1995 a visiting professor at the Université catholique de Louvain.
Pier was the editor of two scholarly anthologies, which are standard works on the history of 20th-century mathematics. He organized several colloquia and conferences in Luxembourg. He was active internationally in various scientific bodies, including NATO Science for Peace and Security and UNESCO.
