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Artur Avila
born 1979
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryArtur Avila Cordeiro de Melo is a Brazilian and naturalized French mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such award. He has been a researcher at both the IMPA and the CNRS. He has been a professor at the University of Zurich since September 2018.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 29, 1979
Rio de Janeiro
Citizenship
Brazil · France
Occupations & fields
mathematicianuniversity teacherresearch fellowresearcher
Awards & honours
Fields medalJacques Herbrand PrizeKnight of the Legion of HonourCNRS bronze medalSalem PrizeClay Research Award
- Field and occupation
- brazilský matematik
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