Nils Dencker
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Nils Jonas Dencker is a Swedish
mathematician
. He won the 2005 Clay Research Award
for his proof of the Nirenberg–Treves conjecture.
Dencker earned his doctorate
from the University of Lund in 1981, under supervision of Lars Hörmander
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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 won the 2005 Clay Research Award
Clay Research Award
The Clay Research Award is given annually by the Clay Mathematics Institute to mathematicians to recognize their achievement in mathematical research...
for his proof of the Nirenberg–Treves conjecture.
Dencker 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...
from the University of Lund in 1981, under supervision of Lars Hörmander
Lars Hörmander
Lars Valter Hörmander is a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962, and the Wolf Prize in 1988...
.