Jean Bourgain

Jean Bourgain
Born(1954-02-28)28 February 1954
Ostend, Belgium
Died22 December 2018(2018-12-22) (aged 64)[2]
Bonheiden, Belgium
Alma materVrije Universiteit Brussel
Known forAnalytic number theory
Harmonic analysis
Ergodic theory
Banach spaces
Partial differential equations
AwardsSalem Prize (1983)
Ostrowski Prize (1991)
Fields Medal (1994)
Shaw Prize (2010)
Crafoord Prize (2012)
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2017)
Steele Prize (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical analysis
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorFreddy Delbaen
Doctoral studentsJames Colliander
Péter Varjú[1]

Jean Louis, baron Bourgain (French: [buʁɡɛ̃]; (1954-02-28)28 February 1954 – (2018-12-22)22 December 2018) was a Belgian mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 in recognition of his work on several core topics of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics.[3]

  1. ^ Jean Bourgain at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "Death of mathematician Jean Bourgain". The Brussels Times. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Fields Medals and Nevanlinna Prize 1994". www.mathunion.org. Retrieved 31 August 2019.