Vladimír Šverák
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Vladimír Šverák is a Czech
mathematician
. Since 1990 he is a professor at the University of Minnesota
. Šverák made notable contributions to calculus of variations
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Šverák obtained his doctorate
from the Charles University in Prague
in 1986, under supervision of Jindřich Nečas. He worked on problems in the theory of non-linear elasticity. In 1992 he won an EMS Prize for producing a counterexample to a problem first posed by Charles B. Morrey, Jr.
in 1950, whether rank-one convexity implies quasiconvexity.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
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....
. Since 1990 he is a professor at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. Šverák made notable contributions to calculus of variations
Calculus of variations
Calculus of variations is a field of mathematics that deals with extremizing functionals, as opposed to ordinary calculus which deals with functions. A functional is usually a mapping from a set of functions to the real numbers. Functionals are often formed as definite integrals involving unknown...
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Šverák obtained 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 Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...
in 1986, under supervision of Jindřich Nečas. He worked on problems in the theory of non-linear elasticity. In 1992 he won an EMS Prize for producing a counterexample to a problem first posed by Charles B. Morrey, Jr.
Charles B. Morrey, Jr.
Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr. was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the calculus of variations and the theory of partial differential equations.- Life :Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr...
in 1950, whether rank-one convexity implies quasiconvexity.