Jacob Palis | |
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Born | Uberaba, Brazil | 15 March 1940
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
Known for | Dynamical systems Palis conjecture[1][2][3] |
Awards | Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología (2000) Balzan Prize (2010) Abdus Salam Medal (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada |
Doctoral advisor | Stephen Smale |
Doctoral students | Artur Oscar Lopes Ricardo Mañé Welington de Melo Carlos Gustavo Moreira Enrique Pujals Marcelo Viana |
Jacob Palis Jr. (born 15 March 1940) is a Brazilian mathematician and professor. Palis' research interests are mainly dynamical systems and differential equations. Some themes are global stability and hyperbolicity, bifurcations, attractors and chaotic systems.