Jean-Pierre Demailly worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Jean-Pierre Demailly as French mathematician (1957–2022).
Jean-Pierre Demailly was born at Péronne in 1957. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at École Normale Supérieure 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 Grenoble Alpes University and Pierre and Marie Curie University.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics, complex analysis and differential geometry.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
The honours record reads: CNRS bronze medal, Dannie Heineman Prize (1991), Stefan Bergman Prize (2015) and Mergier Bourdeix Prize.
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Jean-Pierre Demailly died in 2022, aged 65. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- CNRS bronze medal
- Dannie Heineman Prize — 1991
- Stefan Bergman Prize — 2015
- Mergier Bourdeix Prize
- Held posts at Grenoble Alpes University and Pierre and Marie Curie University
- Fields: mathematics, complex analysis and differential geometry
