Cédric Villani

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Cédric Villani is a French mathematician renowned for his work in partial differential equations and mathematical physics, for which he received the Fields Medal in 2010.

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Cédric Villani canonical 15

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instanceOf French politician
human
mathematician
awardReceived Doob Prize
Ferdinand Riesz Prize
Fields Medal
Fields Medal
surface form: Fields Medal 2010

Grand Prix Jacques Herbrand
Henri Poincaré Prize
Jacques Herbrand Prize
Doob Prize
surface form: Joseph L. Doob Prize
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1973-10-05
doctoralAdvisor Pierre-Louis Lions
educatedAt Université Paris IX Dauphine
surface form: Université Paris-Dauphine

École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École normale supérieure
electedIn 2017 French legislative election
employer Institut Henri Poincaré
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
surface form: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
familyName Villani
fieldOfWork kinetic theory
mathematical physics
mathematics
optimal transport
partial differential equations
gender male
givenName Cédric
hasDistinctiveFeature often wears a large silk cravat
often wears a spider brooch
knownFor contributions to optimal transport theory
work on Boltzmann equation
work on Landau damping
languageSpoken English
French
memberOf Academia Europaea
Académie des Sciences
surface form: Académie des sciences

European Parliament of Science and Innovation advisory bodies
Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
name Cédric Villani self-link
notableWork Birth of a Theorem
Optimal Transport: Old and New
Théorème vivant
placeOfBirth Brive-la-Gaillarde
politicalParty Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity parliamentary group
La République En Marche!
positionHeld deputy in the French National Assembly
director of Institut Henri Poincaré
professor at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
represented 5th constituency of Essonne
workLocation Lyon
Paris

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Referenced by (15)

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École Polytechnique hasAlumnus Cédric Villani
Sylvester Medal hasNotableRecipient Cédric Villani
Cédric Villani name Cédric Villani self-link
CNRS Silver Medal hasRecipient Cédric Villani
ENS Paris hasAlumni Cédric Villani
Villani usedBy Cédric Villani
Villani hasNotableBearer Cédric Villani
Théorème vivant author Cédric Villani
Théorème vivant hasNotablePerson Cédric Villani
Birth of a Theorem author Cédric Villani
Birth of a Theorem hasMainCharacter Cédric Villani
Optimal Transport: Old and New author Cédric Villani
Cédric hasNotableBearer Cédric Villani