Jacques-Louis Lions
Jacques-Louis Lions | |
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Lions in 1970 | |
| 6th President of the French Space Agency | |
| In office 1984–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Curien |
| Succeeded by | René Pellat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1928 |
| Died | 17 May 2001 (aged 73) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Scientific career | |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure University of Nancy |
| Known for | Asymptotic homogenization Interpolation space Lion's theorem Lions–Magenes lemma Aubin–Lions lemma Duvaut–Lions formulation |
| Awards | W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize (1998) ForMemRS (1996) Harvey Prize (1991) Japan Prize (1991) John von Neumann Prize (1986) ICM Speaker (1958, 1970, 1974) Peccot Lecture (1958) |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Nancy École Polytechnique Collège de France |
| Doctoral advisor | Laurent Schwartz |
| Doctoral students | Alain Bensoussan Jean-Michel Bismut Haïm Brezis Erol Gelenbe Roland Glowinski Roger Temam |
Jacques-Louis Lions (French: [ʒak lwi ljɔ̃ːs]; 2 May 1928 – 17 May 2001) was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John von Neumann Lecture prize in 1986 and numerous other distinctions. Lions is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.
He has successively taught at several universities, including the prestigious École Polytechnique and Collège de France. He is also the father of mathematician Pierre-Louis Lions, a professor at the Collège de France and recipient of the Fields Medal in 1994.