Laurent Saloff-Coste belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Laurent Saloff-Coste as French mathematician.
Laurent Saloff-Coste was born in 1958. His recorded nationality is France.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Cornell University and University of Toulouse (1896-1968).
The recorded fields of work are mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematical analysis.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Rollo Davidson Prize (1994).
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Laurent Saloff-Coste is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Rollo Davidson Prize — 1994
- Held posts at Cornell University and University of Toulouse (1896-1968)
- Fields: mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematical analysis
