Jean-Michel Bismut | |
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 Bismut in 2004 (photo from MFO) | |
| Born | 26 February 1948 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Ecole Polytechnique |
| Known for | Backward stochastic differential equations, Probabilistic proof of Atiyah–Singer index theorem, Bismut connection, Bismut superconnection, Geometric hypoelliptic Laplacian, Explicit formulas for orbital integrals |
| Awards | Prix Ampère (French Academy of Sciences), 1990 Shaw Prize, 2021 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Université Paris-Sud |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacques-Louis Lions Jacques Neveu |
Jean-Michel Bismut (born 26 February 1948) is a French mathematician who has been a professor at the Université Paris-Sud since 1981.[1] His mathematical career covers two apparently different branches of mathematics: probability theory and differential geometry. Ideas from probability play an important role in his works on geometry.