- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
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name = Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
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caption = Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
birth_date = Birth date and age|1957|5|29
birth_place =France
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field =Mathematics
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alma_mater =École Polytechnique École Normale Supérieure
doctoral_advisor = Michael Herman
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known_for =Dynamical system s
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prizes =Salem Prize (1988)Fields Medal (1994)
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Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (bornMay 29 ,1957 ) is a Frenchmathematician . He was awarded aFields Medal in1994 , for his work ondynamical system s.Biography
Yoccoz graduated from the
École Normale Supérieure with the Agrégation de Mathématiques in 1977. After completing military service inBrazil , he completed hisPh.D. under Michael Herman in 1985 at theÉcole Polytechnique . He took up a position at University of Paris-Sud at Orsay and was awarded theFields Medal at theInternational Congress of Mathematicians inZurich in 1994. Born on May 29, 1957 in France.References
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Yoccoz.html Biography] at University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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NAME= Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=French mathematician and Fields Medalist
DATE OF BIRTH=May 29 ,1957
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