Frédéric Hélein
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Frédéric Hélein is a French
mathematician
. He holds a chair at Paris Diderot University.
Hélein earned his doctorate
at École Polytechnique
under supervision of Jean-Michel Coron
. He won the 1999 Fermat Prize
, jointly with Fabrice Bethuel
, for several important contributions to the theory of variational calculus.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He holds a chair at Paris Diderot University.
Hélein earned his doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
at École Polytechnique
École Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
under supervision of Jean-Michel Coron
Jean-Michel Coron
Jean-Michel Coron is a French mathematician, born in 1956. He first studied at Ecole Polytechnique where he worked on his PhD thesis advised by Haïm Brezis. Since 1992, his domain of research is the Control Theory of Partial Differential Equations, a domain in which he became a leader, and which...
. He won the 1999 Fermat Prize
Fermat Prize
The Fermat prize of mathematical research rewards research works in fields where the contributions of Pierre de Fermat have been decisive:* Statements of variational principles* Foundations of probability and analytic geometry* Number theory....
, jointly with Fabrice Bethuel
Fabrice Bethuel
Fabrice Bethuel is a French mathematician. He holds a chair at Paris VI University.Bethuel earned his doctorate at Paris-Sud 11 University in 1989, under supervision of Jean-Michel Coron. He won the 1999 Fermat Prize, jointly with Frédéric Hélein, for several important contributions to the theory...
, for several important contributions to the theory of variational calculus.