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Luis Caffarelli

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Also known as Luis Angel Caffarelli

Argentine mathematician

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Works
6

Top works

  • Hyperbolic equations and frequency interactions
  • Studies in partial differential equations
  • Fully nonlinear elliptic equations
  • A geometric approach to free boundary problems
  • The Obstacle Problem

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1710-04-12
Active to
1783-01-31
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Key facts

Born
Luis Ángel Caffarelli , ( 1948-12-08 ) December 8, 1948 (age 77) , Buenos Aires , Argentina
Education
University of Buenos Aires ( MS , PhD )
Spouse
Irene M. Gamba
Awards
Bôcher Memorial Prize (1984), Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1994), Rolf Schock Prize (2005), Leroy P. Steele Prize (2009), Wolf Prize (2012), Shaw Prize (2018), Abel Prize (2023)
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
University of Texas at Austin , Institute for Advanced Study , University of Chicago , CIMS , University of Minnesota
Thesis
Sobre Conjugación y Sumabilidad, de Series de Jacobi, (On Conjugation and Summability, of the Jacobi Series) (1971)
Doctoral advisor
Calixto Calderón
Doctoral students
Guido De Philippis , Ovidiu Savin , Eduardo V. Teixeira

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Encyclopedic overview

Luis Ángel Caffarelli ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis 'anxel kafaˈɾeli]; born December 8, 1948) is an Argentine-American mathematician. He studies partial differential equations and their applications. Caffarelli is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, and the winner of the 2023 Abel Prize.

Career

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