François Labourie
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François Labourie (born 15 December 1960) is a French mathematician who has made various contributions to geometry, including pseudoholomorphic curves, Anosov diffeomorphisms, and convex geometry. In a series of papers with Yves Benoist and Patrick Foulon, he solved a conjecture on Anosov flows in compact contact manifolds.
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François Labourie | |
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Born | (1960-12-15) 15 December 1960 (age 63) Rouen, Upper Normandy, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Paris Diderot University |
Awards | Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (2016) Carrière Prize (1993) EMS Prize (1992) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Paris-Sud 11 University |
Thesis | Géométrie et topologie des surfaces localement convexes: limite d'immersions isométriques (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | Mikhail Gromov Marcel Berger |
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He was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris Diderot University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1987 under supervision of Mikhail Gromov and Marcel Berger.[1] In 1992 he was awarded one of the inaugural prizes of the European Mathematical Society. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.[2]