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- Works
- 24
Top works
- Le spectre d'Atacama
- On space and time
- Le théâtre quantique
- Gedankenmaterie
- Symétries quantiques
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-04-01 ) 1 April 1947 (age 79) , Draguignan , France
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure , Pierre and Marie Curie University
- Known for
- Baum–Connes conjecture , Noncommutative geometry , Noncommutative standard model , Operator algebras , Thermal time hypothesis
- Awards
- Peccot-Vimont Prize (1976), CNRS Silver Medal (1977), Ampère Prize (1980), Fields Medal (1982), Clay Research Award (2000), Crafoord Prize (2001), CNRS Gold medal (2004)
- Fields
- Mathematics , Particle physics
- Institutions
- Collège de France , IHÉS , Ohio State University , Vanderbilt University
- Thesis
- A Classification of Factors of Type III (1973)
- Doctoral advisor
- Jacques Dixmier
- Doctoral students
- Jean-Benoît Bost , Georges Skandalis
- Website
- alainconnes .org
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Official website
Alain Connes — Official Website
Alain Connes is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France and IHES. Awards include the Fields Medal (1982), the Crafoord Prize (2001) and the CNRS Gold Medal (2004).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Draguignan
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Les Houches School of Physics
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Jacques Dixmier
- Field of work
- functional analysis
- Official website
- www.alainconnes.org
- Image
- Alain Connes.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1947-04-01
- Commons category
- Alain Connes
- member of
- European Academy of Sciences
- Erdős number
- 3
- name in native language
- Alain Connes
- described at URL
- comihistocnrs.hypotheses.org/2706
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Alain Connes ( French: [alɛ̃ kɔn]; born 1 April 1947) is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982.
Career
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