Michael Herman (mathematician)

Michael Herman
Born	1942 New York City
Died	November 2000 Paris
Nationality	France
Fields	Mathematics
Alma mater	Paris-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisor	Harold Rosenberg
Doctoral students	Marie-Claude Arnaud Raphael Douady Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

Michael Robert Herman (1942 – November 2000) was a French American mathematician. He was one of the leading experts on the theory of dynamical systems.

Born in New York City, he was educated in France. He was a student at École Polytechnique before being one of the first members of the Centre de Mathématiques created there by Laurent Schwartz. In 1976 he earned his Ph.D. at the Paris-Sud 11 University, under supervision of Harold Rosenberg. He introduced Herman rings in 1979.

Among his students was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, 1994 Fields Medalist.

References

• "Michael R. Herman", Gazette des Mathématiciens (Paris: Société Mathématique de France) 88: 54–94, 2001, ISSN 0224-8999, MR1829885, http://smf4.emath.fr/en/Publications/Gazette/2001/88/ 
• Fathi, Albert (2001), "Michel Herman: souvenirs de ses travaux", Gazette des Mathématiciens (89): 21–47, ISSN 0224-8999, MR1858949, http://smf4.emath.fr/en/Publications/Gazette/2001/89/ 
• Fathi, A.; Yoccoz, J.-C. (2004). "Michael Robert Herman, 1942–2000". Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 24 (5): 1273–1275. doi:10.1017/S0143385704000677. 
• Fathi, A.; Yoccoz, J.-C., eds. (2006) [2004], Dynamical systems. Michael Herman memorial volume, Reprint of Ergodic Theory Dynam. Systems 24 (2004), no. 5., Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-86068-0; 978-0-521-86068-0, MR2238852, http://books.google.com/books?id=BM0mlU_-ur8C 
• Michael Herman (mathematician) at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Name	Herman, Michael
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Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	New York City
Date of death	2000
Place of death	Paris