Frédéric Hélein
French mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frédéric Hélein (born 22 April 1963) is a French mathematician. He is university professor at Paris Diderot University.
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Frédéric Hélein | |
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Born | 22 April 1963 (1963-04-22) (age 61) |
Nationality | French |
Awards | Fermat Prize (1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Paris Diderot University |
Doctoral advisor | Jean-Michel Coron |
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Hélein earned his doctorate at École polytechnique under supervision of Jean-Michel Coron. In 1998 Hélein was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.[1] He won the 1999 Fermat Prize, jointly with Fabrice Bethuel, for several important contributions to the theory of variational calculus.