Jacques Dixmier
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Jacques Dixmier (born 24 May 1924) is a French mathematician. He worked on operator algebras, especially C*-algebras, and wrote several of the standard reference books on them, and introduced the Dixmier trace and the Dixmier mapping.[2]
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Born | 24 May 1924 (1924-05-24) (age 100) Saint-Étienne, France |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | Dixmier condition Dixmier conjecture Dixmier mapping Dixmier problem Dixmier trace |
Awards | Prix de l'État (1962) Prix Ampère (1976) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1992) Émile-Picard-Medaille (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Thesis | Étude sur les variétés et les opérateurs de Julia avec quelques applications[1] |
Doctoral advisor | Gaston Julia |
Doctoral students | Alain Connes Michel Duflo Michèle Vergne Nicole Berline |
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