Frank Merle (mathematician)
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Frank Merle (born 22 November 1962, in
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) is a French mathematician, specializing in
partial differential equations In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which involves a multivariable function and one or more of its partial derivatives. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" that solves the equation, similar to how ...
and mathematical physics.


Education and career

After graduation from the
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(ENS), Merle received in 1987 his Ph.D. from the
University of Paris VI Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...
under Henri Berestycki with thesis ''Contributions a l'etude de certaines equations aux derivees partielles non lineaires de la physique mathematique''. He became a researcher for
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at ENS. In 1989/90 he was an assistant professor at the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (commonly known as Courant or CIMS) is the mathematics research school of New York University (NYU). Founded in 1935, it is named after Richard Courant, one of the founders of the Courant Institute ...
of the University of New York. Since 1991 Merle has been a professor at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. From 1998 to 2003 he was a member of the
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. In the fall of 1996, the fall of 2001, and the academic year 2003–2004 he was a visiting scholar at the
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. He was a visiting professor at
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,
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, the
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, the
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(MSRI) at Berkeley,
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, and the
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.


Mathematical research

Merle does research on
partial differential equation In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which involves a multivariable function and one or more of its partial derivatives. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" that solves the equation, similar to ho ...
s (PDEs) and mathematical physics, notably dispersive nonlinear PDEs such as the
nonlinear Schrödinger equation In theoretical physics, the (one-dimensional) nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is a nonlinear variation of the Schrödinger equation. It is a classical field equation whose principal applications are to the propagation of light in nonli ...
and the Korteweg–De Vries equation, and the study of such PDE solutions which over time break down or diverge (blow up). Such research earned him in 2005 the
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which he earned again in 2023.


Selected publications

* with Yvan Martel: * with Y. Martel: * with Pierre Raphäel:


Awards and honors

* 1997 : Prix de l'Institut Poincaré en Physique théorique * 1998 :
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in Berlin; lecture entitled ''Blow-up phenomena for critical nonlinear Schrödinger and Zakharov equations'' * 2000 : Prix Charles-Louis de Saulse de Freycinet de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris * 2005 : Médaille d'argent du CNRS * 2005 :
Bôcher Memorial Prize The Bôcher Memorial Prize was founded by the American Mathematical Society in 1923 in memory of Maxime Bôcher with an initial endowment of $1,450 (contributed by members of that society). It is awarded every three years (formerly every five yea ...
* 2014 : Plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul; lecture entitled ''Asymptotics for critical nonlinear dispersive equations'' * 2018 : Prix Ampère awarded by
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* 2023 :
Bôcher Memorial Prize The Bôcher Memorial Prize was founded by the American Mathematical Society in 1923 in memory of Maxime Bôcher with an initial endowment of $1,450 (contributed by members of that society). It is awarded every three years (formerly every five yea ...
, jointly to
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, Raphaël, Rodnianski, and Szeftel * 2023 :
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Clay Research Award 2023
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merle, Frank 1962 births Living people Partial differential equation theorists 20th-century French mathematicians 21st-century French mathematicians École Normale Supérieure alumni University of Paris alumni Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars Scientists from Marseille Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences faculty