Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (born 21 July 1947) is a French

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, working in the field of

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Biography

Born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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, he studied at

École Polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

in Palaiseau, graduating in 1969. For his graduate studies he went to

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Diderot merged with Pari ...

, where he obtained his

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in 1974 under the direction of Marcel Berger. He was president of the

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from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998, he was president of the

European Mathematical Society The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians. The curren ...

. He was director of the

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French research institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics (also with a small theoretical biology g ...

near

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from 1994 to 2013. Between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2019 he was the President of the

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Selected publications

Articles

* * with H. Blaine Lawson and James Simons: * with H. Blaine Lawson: * with Jean-Pierre Ezin:

Books

* * with Oussama Hijazi, Jean-Louis Milhorat, Andrei Moroianu and Sergiu Moroianu: * as editor with Rolf Jeltsch, Alberto Adrego Pinto, and Marcelo Viana:

References

External links

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An Interview with Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
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