Jean-Pierre Kahane | |
|---|---|
 Jean-Pierre Kahane in 2006 | |
| Born | (1926-12-11)11 December 1926 |
| Died | 21 June 2017(2017-06-21) (aged 90) Paris |
| Known for | Type and cotype |
| Awards | Émile Picard Medal (1995) Prix de l'État (1980) ICM Speaker (1962, 1986) Peccot Lecture (1956/1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Paris University of Paris-Sud |
| Doctoral advisor | Szolem Mandelbrojt |
| Doctoral students | Jean-Pierre Aubin [de] Jean-Louis Krivine [fr] Yves Meyer Mario Wschebor |
Jean-Pierre Kahane (11 December 1926 – 21 June 2017) was a Frenchmathematician with contributions toharmonic analysis.[1] He's also credited for introducingsub-gaussian random variables.[2]
Kahane attended theÉcole normale supérieure and obtained theagrégation of mathematics in 1949. He then worked for theCNRS from 1949 to 1954, first as an intern and then as a research assistant. He defended hisPhD in 1954; his advisor wasSzolem Mandelbrojt.
He was assistantprofessor, then professor of mathematics inMontpellier from 1954 to 1961. Since then, he has been professor until his retirement in 1994,[3] thenprofessor emeritus at theUniversité de Paris-Sud inOrsay.
He was a Plenary Speaker at theInternational Congress of Mathematicians in 1962 in Stockholm[4] and an Invited Speaker at the 1986 ICM meeting in Berkeley, California.[5] He was elected corresponding member of theFrench Academy of Sciences in 1982 and full member in 1998.[6] He was president of theSociété mathématique de France, the French Mathematical Society from 1971 to 1973. In 2000 Kahane received anhonorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Technology atUppsala University,Sweden[7]In 2002 he was elevated to the rank of commander in the order of theLégion d'Honneur.[8] In 2012 he became a fellow of theAmerican Mathematical Society.[9]
Kahane was also known for his lifelong activism as part of theFrench Communist Party.[10]
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