Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-04-01
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Le spectre d'Atacama
- On space and time
- Le théâtre quantique
- Gedankenmaterie
- Symétries quantiques
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2004 · cited 27,750x
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· 2003 · cited 10,465x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 1 April 1947
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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
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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.
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1947 births20th-century French mathematicians21st-century French mathematiciansAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceClay Research Award recipientsDifferential geometersÉcole normale supérieure (Paris) alumniFields MedalistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesFrench mathematical analysts