Jean-Michel Coron belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Jean-Michel Coron as French mathematician.
Jean-Michel Coron was born at Paris in 1956. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at École polytechnique and Pierre and Marie Curie University.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Paris-Sud.
The recorded fields of work are partial differential equation.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Fermat Prize (1993).
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Jean-Michel Coron is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Fermat Prize — 1993
- Held posts at University of Paris-Sud
- Fields: partial differential equation
